=1st Batt.=
1717-51. Colonel Richard Philip's Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 40th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot.
=2nd Batt.=
1793-1881. The 82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
Regiment).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion
concerned.
1757-60. Canada.
*1758. Louisbourg (1).
1759. Quebec.
1760. Montreal.
1761. Guadaloupe.
1762. Martinique.
1762. Havannah.
1776-78. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1776. Long Island.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1778. St. Lucia.
1794-95. Flanders.
1794. Martinique.
1794. Guadaloupe.
1795. St. Vincent.
1796. Grenada.
1798. San Domingo.
1798. Leghorn.
1798. Malta.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Aboukir.
1801. Mandora.
1801. Rosetta.
1801. Alexandria.
1806. Buenos Ayres
*1807. Monte Video (1).
1807. Copenhagen.
*1808-14. Peninsula (1 & 2).
*1808. Roleia (1 & 2).
*1808. Vimiera (1 & 2).
1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
*1809. Talavera (1).
1810. Busaco.
1811. Albuera.
1811. Barrossa.
1811. Tarifa.
*1812. Badajos (1).
1812. Burgos.
1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
*1812. Salamanca (1).
1813. Maya.
*1813. Vittoria (1 & 2).
*1813. Pyrenees (1 & 2).
1813. St. Sebastian.
*1813. Nivelle (1 & 2).
1813. Nive.
*1814. Orthes (1 & 2).
*1814. Toulouse (1).
1814. Bordeaux.
*1814. Niagara (2).
*1815. Waterloo (1).
1815. Netherlands.
*1842. Candahar (1).
*1842. Ghuznee (1).
*1842. Cabool (1).
*1843. Maharajpore (1).
*1855. Sevastopol (2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1857. Lucknow (2).
1857. Cawnpore.
*1860-65. New Zealand (1).
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Scarlet with Buff facings (1717). 2nd Batt.,
Scarlet and Yellow facings (1793). Both Batts., at present time,
Scarlet with White facings.
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Prince of Wales's Plume" (the
Colonel of the 82nd when raised was attached to the household of
the Prince of Wales). Also "The Sphinx" for "Egypt" (1801--to the
40th Foot).
NICKNAME.--"The Excellers" (of the 40th (XL.) Foot). "The
Fighting Fortieth."
NOTES.--The 40th captured four standards at Maharajpore (1843).
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_A Short Record of the 1st Battalion Prince
of Wales's Volunteers, (South Lancashire Regiment), formerly
the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment._ By Captain R. H.
Raymond-Smithies, 1st Batt. Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South
Lancashire Regiment). [Jersey: 1891.]
_Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment,
now 1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire
Regiment), from its formation in 1717 to 1893._ With many
coloured plates and other illustrations. By Captain R. H.
Raymond-Smithies, 1st Batt. Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South
Lancashire Regiment). [Devonport: Swiss. 1894.]
_Historical Record of the 82nd Regiment (or Prince of Wales's
Volunteers)._ By Major Jarvis, 82nd Regiment. [London: Mitchell.
1866.]
The Welsh Regiment,