1685-88. Colonel The Earl of Huntingdon's Regiment of Foot.
1688-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 13th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1822. The 13th (First Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot.
1822-42. The 13th (First Somersetshire Light Infantry) Regiment.
1842-1881. The 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light
Infantry) Regiment.
1881 (from). The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1689. Killicrankie.
1690. Boyne.
1690. Cork.
1690. Kinsale.
1701-3. Flanders.
1702. Kaiserwerth.
1702. Venloo.
1702. Ruremonde.
1702. Huy.
1702. Limberg.
1702. Liége.
1704-11. Spain.
1704-5. Gibraltar.
1705. Barcelona.
1707. Almanza.
1709. Caya.
1711. Tortosa.
1711. St. Matheo.
1727. Gibraltar.
1742-48. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1746. Roucoux.
1747. Val.
1793-95. San Domingo.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Mandora.
1801. Alexandria.
*1809. Martinique.
1810. Guadaloupe.
1813-15. America.
1814. Plattsburg.
*1824-26. Ava.
1825-27. Burma.
*1839. Afghanistan.
*1839. Ghuznee.
*1842. Jellalabad.
*1842. Cabool.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1858. Indian Mutiny.
*1878-79. South Africa.
*1885-87. Burma.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet and Yellow facings (1685-1842); Scarlet and
Blue facings (from 1842).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"A Mural Crown" superscribed
"Jellalabad" (where it captured three standards from the
Afghans). Also "The Sphinx" for "Egypt" (1801).
NICKNAMES.--"The Bleeders," "The Illustrious Garrison," "The
Jellalabad Heroes."
NOTES.--Chiefly raised in Buckinghamshire. For its services at
Culloden (1746) it wears the sash knots on the right side.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 13th, 1st Somerset, or
Prince Albert's Light Infantry._ 1685-1848. Illustrated. [London:
Parker. 1848.]
_Historical Record of The 13th, 1st Somersetshire, or Prince
Albert's Light Infantry._ By Thomas Carter. Illustrated. [London:
Mitchell. 1867.]
The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment),