1685-87. Colonel the Duke of Beaufort's Regiment of Foot.
1687-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 11th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Devonshire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1690. Boyne.
1690. Athlone.
1690. Limerick.
1690-96. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1703-4. Germany.
1706-8. Spain.
1707. Almanza.
1708-11. Germany.
1709. Malplaquet.
1709. Mons.
1709. Pont-à-Vendin.
1710. Douay.
1710 Bethune.
1710. Aire.
1710. St. Venant.
1711. Quebec.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1715. Dunblane.
1742-8. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1746. Roucoux.
1760-3. Germany.
1760. Corbach.
1760. Warbourg.
1760. Campen.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1793. Toulon.
1794. Corsica.
1809. Flushing.
*1809-14. Peninsula.
1810. Busaco.
1811. Sabugal.
*1812. Salamanca.
1812. Burgos.
1813. Vittoria.
*1813. Pyrenees.
*1813. Nivelle.
*1813. Nive.
*1814. Orthes.
*1814. Toulouse.
1837-38. Ionian Islands.
1838-39. Canada.
*1879-80. Afghanistan.
1895. Chitral.
*1897-98. Tirah.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet and "Tawny" facings (in 1685); Scarlet and
Green facings (in 1742); Scarlet and White facings (present time).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Castle of Exeter." Motto,
"_Semper fidelis_" (an allusion to the Civil Wars).
NICKNAME.--"The Bloody Eleventh" (from its having been cut to
pieces at Salamanca by the French, when capturing a standard).
NOTES.--The regiment captured the drums of the 11th French
Infantry at Flushing. Its service is fitly and truly described by
its motto ("Always faithful").
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 11th, or North Devon
Regiment._ 1685-1845. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1845.]
The Suffolk Regiment,