1688-91. Colonel Francis Luttrell's Regiment of Foot.
1691-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot (in 1693 Colonel
Earl's).
1751-82. The 19th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1875. The 19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot.
1875-81. The 19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding--Princess of Wales's
Own) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1692-96. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1709-13. Germany.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1709. Pont-à-Vendin.
1710. Douay.
1711. Bouchain.
1744-48. Flanders.
1745. Fontenoy.
1746. Roucoux.
1747. Val.
1761. Belle Isle.
1781-82. America.
1793. Nieuport.
1794-95. Flanders.
1795. Guildermalsen.
1799. Seringapatam.
1810. Mauritius.
1817-19. Ceylon.
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1858. Indian Mutiny.
1868. Hazara.
1884-85. Nile.
*1897-98. Tirah.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Grass-Green facings (to 1881); Scarlet
and White facings (since 1881). Recently (1900) the grass-green
facings have been restored.
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The White Rose" (of York)
in the _Regulations_. Also a special device on various
appointments--"H.R.H. the Princess of Wales's Cypher and Coronet,
combined with a Cross"; on the cross, 1875.
NICKNAMES.--"The Green Howards," "Howard's Garbage," or "Howard's
Greens," from its facings and Colonel's name (1738-48); also "The
Bounders."
NOTES.--Raised from independent companies of pikemen and
musketeers in Devonshire.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 19th, or 1st Yorkshire,
North Riding Regiment._ 1688-1848. Illustrated. [London: Parker.
1848.]
_The Nineteenth and their Times._ By Colonel John Biddulph.
[London: Murray. 1900.]
The Lancashire Fusiliers,