1685-88. Colonel Sir Edward Hales's Regiment of Foot.
1688-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 14th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1809. The 14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot.
1809-76. The 14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot.
1876-81. The 14th (Buckinghamshire--The Prince of Wales's Own)
Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1692-96. Flanders.
1693. Neer-Landen.
1695. Namur.
1727. Gibraltar.
1745. Flanders.
1746. Falkirk.
1746. Culloden.
1766-71. America.
1793-95. Flanders.
1793. Famars.
1793. Valenciennes.
1793. Dunkirk.
1794. Tournay.
1795. Guildermalsen.
1796. St. Lucia.
*1807-31. India.
1808-9. Peninsula.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
1810. Mauritius.
1811. Tarifa.
*1811. Java.
1814. Genoa.
1815. Netherlands.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Cambray.
*1826. Bhurtpore.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1860-66. New Zealand.
*1879-80. Afghanistan.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Red and Yellow facings (in 1685); Scarlet with Buff
facings (in 1742); Scarlet with White facings (present time).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Prince of Wales's Plume" (from
1876). Also "The White Horse," and Motto, "_Nec aspera terrent_"
(from 1765). Also "The Royal Tiger" (for service in India
1807-31).
NICKNAMES, &C.--"The Old and Bold." "Calvert's Entire" (from
1806 to 1826 its Colonel was Sir Harry Calvert, at whose request
the county title was changed in 1809. He had large estates in
mid-Buckinghamshire, now represented by the Verneys). "The Powos."
NOTES.--This regiment was one of the trio known in the 1793-95
Flanders campaign as "The Fighting Brigade." Characterised by
the Earl of Albemarle as "composed of boys, but fine boys," they
suffered heavily at Waterloo. The regiment was first raised in
Kent.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 14th, or the
Buckinghamshire Regiment._ 1685-1845. Illustrated. [London:
Parker. 1845.]
_Historical Records of the 14th Regiment (now Prince of Wales's
Own West Yorkshire). From its formation in 1685 to 1892._
By Captain H. O'Donnell. With full-page coloured and other
illustrations, and illustrations in the text. [Devonport: Swiss.
1893.]
The East Yorkshire Regiment,