TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

1702-14. Colonel Thomas Sanderson's (or its Colonel's name) Regiment

of Marines.

1714-51. Colonel Charles Willis's (or its Colonel's name) Regiment

of Foot.

1751-82. The 30th Regiment of Foot.

1782-1881. The 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot.

1881 (from). The East Lancashire Regiment.

=2nd Batt.=

1741-48. The 59th Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 48th Foot.

1755. The 59th Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 56th Foot.

1755-57. The 61st Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 59th Foot.

1757-82. The 59th Regiment of Foot.

1782-1881. The 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot.

1881 (from). The East Lancashire Regiment.

PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion

concerned.

1704-5. Gibraltar.

1704. Malaga.

1704-6. Spain.

1705. Barcelona.

1706. Alicante.

1706. Tortosa.

1707. Lerida.

1708. Cagliari.

1758. Cherbourg.

1761. Belle Isle.

1775-76. America.

1775. Bunker's Hill.

1781. Carolina.

1782-83. Gibraltar.

1794. Toulon.

1794. Corsica.

1794-95. Flanders.

1794. Nimeguen.

1796. St. Vincent.

1798. Minorca.

1800. Malta.

1801. Mandora.

*1801. Egypt (1).

1801. Alexandria.

1801. Marabout.

*1806. Cape of Good Hope (2).

1806-7. Madras.

1808-9. Peninsula.

*1809. Corunna (2).

1810. Mauritius.

*1811. Java (2).

*1810-13. Peninsula (1 & 2).

*1812. Badajos (1).

*1812. Salamanca.

*1813. Vittoria (2).

*1813. St. Sebastien (2).

*1813. Nive (2).

1814. Bayonne.

1814-15. Netherlands.

1815. Quatre Bras.

*1815. Waterloo (1).

1815-19. Hindoostan.

1817-19. Mahratta War.

1819. Asseerghur.

*1826. Bhurtpore (2).

*1854. Alma (1).

*1854. Inkerman (1).

*1855. Sevastopol (1).

1857-58. China.

*1857. Canton (2).

1858. Nantow.

*1878-80. Afghanistan (2).

*1879. Ahmed Khel (2).

1879. Ghuznee.

1879. Cabool.

1880. Candahar.

*1895. Chitral.

1900. South Africa.

UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Red with Yellow facings (the latter probably

from formation, but certainly since 1742 till 1881 (?)). 2nd

Batt., Red and Purple facings (in 1755); Scarlet and "lily"-White

(in 1815). Now Scarlet and White facings for both Batts.

REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Sphinx," for "Egypt" (1801): the honour

was won by the 1st Batt. Also (since territorial re-organisation)

"The Red Rose of Lancaster."

NICKNAMES.--1st Batt., "The Triple X's," or "The Three Tens"

(the regimental number). 2nd Batt., "The Lily-Whites" (from the

facings).

BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Records of The XXX Regiment._ [London:

Clowes. 1887.]

The East Surrey Regiment,

The regimental records of the British Army · 第 158 / 254 题