=1st Batt.=
1702-51. Colonel Lord Lucas's (or successive Colonels') Regiment
of Foot.
1751-82. The 34th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot.
=2nd Batt.=
1742-48. The 55th Regiment of Foot: now the 1st Essex.
1756-58. The 55th Regiment of Foot: now The 1st Shropshire Light
Infantry.
1755-57. The 57th Regiment of Foot: renumbered in
1757-82. The 55th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 55th (Westmoreland) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Border Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion
concerned.
1705-7. Spain.
1705. Barcelona.
1706. Montjuich.
1709-12. Germany.
1710. Douay.
1711. Bouchain.
1718. Vigo.
1727. Gibraltar.
1744. Flanders.
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Jacobite rising.
174-. Falkirk.
174-. Culloden.
1757. Minorca.
1757-60. Canada.
1758. Ticonderoga.
1759. Niagara.
1758. Louisberg.
1758. Cherbourg.
1762. Havannah.
1775-78. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1776. Long Island.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1777. Stillwater.
1778. St. Lucia.
1794-95. Flanders.
1794. Nimeguen.
1794. Martinique.
1794. Guadaloupe.
1796. St. Lucia.
1796. St. Vincent.
1796. Grenada.
1799. Helder.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
1800. Kaffraria.
1800-23. Hindoostan.
1809. San Domingo.
*1809-14. Peninsula (1).
*1811. Albuera.
*1811. Arroyo-dos-Molinos (1).
*1813. Vittoria (1).
1813. Maya.
*1813. Pyrenees (1).
*1813. Nivelle (1).
*1813. Nive (1).
*1814. Orthes (1).
1814. Toulouse.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
1820. Kaffraria.
*1840-2. China (2).
1842. Chusan.
1842. Chinghai.
1842. Ningpoo.
1842. Ching-Kiang-Foo.
*1854. Alma (2).
*1854. Inkerman (2).
*1855. Sevastopol (1 & 2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
1857. Cawnpore.
*1858. Lucknow (1).
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Red (or Scarlet) with bright Yellow facings
(when raised); the latter changed to White when territorialised
in 1881; 2nd Batt., Red and Dark Green facings (1755); Scarlet
with White facings (present time).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"A Laurel Wreath" (an old 34th
Badge for services at Fontenoy: _see_ NOTES). Also "The Dragon
of China" (to the 55th); the two are variously combined for
different appointments.
NICKNAME.--"The Two Fives" (to the 55th, for its number; _cf._
"The Two XX's" = the late 20th).
NOTES.--A red and white pompon, or tuft, was formerly worn by the
34th in recognition of the capture of the 34th French Infantry
at Arroyo-dos-Molinos. The Royal Arms appear in the lace of the
drummers' coats in memory of Fontenoy: _see_ BADGES.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 34th (The Cumberland)
Regiment of Foot._ 1702-1844. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1844.]
_Historical Account of The 34th and 55th Regiments._ By George
Noakes, Quartermaster-Sergeant, 2nd Brigade Depôt. [Carlisle:
Thurnam & Sons. 1875.]
The Royal Sussex Regiment,