=1st Batt.=
1742-48. The 49th (The 6th or Cotterell's Marines) Regiment; disbanded.
1743-51. Colonel Edward Trelawney's (or Colonel's name) Regiment
of Foot.
1751-82. The 49th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1816. The 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot.
1816-81. The 49th (Hertfordshire--The Princess of Wales's) Regiment.
=2nd Batt.=
1755-58. The 19th (2nd Batt.) Regiment of Foot; renumbered.
1758-82. The 66th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire
Regiment).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion
concerned.
1775-78. America.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1776. Brooklyn.
1776. Long Island.
1776. Brunx.
1777. Brandywine.
1778. St. Lucia.
1796. San Domingo.
*1799. Egmont-op-Zee (1).
*1801. Copenhagen (1).
*1809-14. Peninsula (2).
*1809. Douro (2).
*1809. Talavera (2).
*1811. Albuera (2).
1812-14. America.
*1812. Queenstown (1).
1813. Chrystler's Farm.
*1813. Vittoria (2).
*1813. Pyrenees (2).
*1813. Nivelle (2).
*1813. Nive (2).
*1814. Orthes (2).
1821. Cape of Good Hope.
*1840-42. China (1).
1842. Chusan.
1842. Canton.
1842. Amoy.
1842. Shanghai.
1842. Ningpoo.
*1854. Alma (1).
*1854. Inkerman (1).
*1855. Sevastopol (1).
*1879-80. Afghanistan (2).
1880. Maiwand.
*1880. Kandahar (2).
*1882. Egypt (1).
*1885. Suakim (1).
1885. Tamai.
1885. Nile.
*1885. Tofrek (1).
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (or Red) with Green facings (both Batts. when
raised); Scarlet with Blue facings (present time).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Dragon" (for China). Also (on
Helmet-plate, not mentioned in _Army List_) "A Stag under a Tree"
(an old badge of the Militia Battalion).
NOTES.--Raised in Jamaica from Volunteer Companies left in the
Island in 1714. For distinction in the American War (1776) the
"Grenadier Company" wore a white feather with a black tip, and
the "Light Company" a red heckle. Its title in 1816 was bestowed
for services to the Princess at Weymouth. The 2nd Battalion (as
the 66th Foot) was part of the St. Helena Garrison during the
exile of the Emperor Napoleon I.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_The 66th Berkshire Regiment._ By J. Percy Groves.
[Reading: Beecroft. 1887]
The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment,