1688-89. Colonel Sir Robert Peyton's Regiment of Foot.
1689-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot (in 1689 Colonel
Gustavus Hamilton, afterwards Viscount Boyne).
1751-82. The 20th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Lancashire Fusiliers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1690. Boyne.
1691. Athlone.
1691. Aughrim.
1707-12. Spain.
1709. Caya.
1727. Gibraltar.
1742-45. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Culloden.
1758. Cherbourg.
1758-63. Germany.
1759. Minden.
1760. Warbourg.
1760. Campen.
1761. Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1776-81. America.
1777. Stillwater.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Bergen.
*1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
1800. Quiberon.
*1801. Egypt.
*1806. Maida.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1808. Vimiera.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
1813. Vittoria.
*1813. Pyrenees.
1813. St. Sebastien.
*1814. Orthes.
*1814. Toulouse.
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1858. Lucknow.
*1898. Khartoum
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet and Pale Yellow (at formation); Scarlet and
White (present time).
REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Sphinx" with a laurel wreath surmounted
by a Crown for "Egypt" (1801). Also (time uncertain) the Motto,
"_Omnia audax_."
NICKNAMES.--"The Two Tens" (XXth). "The Minden Boys" (at Minden,
in 1759, the regiment sported roses, obtained from a garden close
by, in their hats; in memory of distinction then won, a custom
still obtains of wearing "Minden Roses" every 1st of August).
"Kingsley's Stand" (also from its conduct at Minden and its
Colonel's name).
NOTES.--Raised in Devonshire on the landing of William of Orange,
afterwards William III.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 20th, or East Devonshire
Regiment._ 1688-1848. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1848.]
_Orders, Memoirs, &c., connected with The 20th Regiment._ By
Lieut. F. W. BARLOW, 2nd Batt. 20th Regiment. [Minden Press.
1868.]
_History of The 20th Regiment._ 1688-1888. By Lieutenant and
Quartermaster B. SMYTH, 1st Lancashire Fusiliers. [London:
Simpkin Marshall & Co. 1889.]
The Royal Scots Fusiliers,