=1st Batt.=
1758-63. The 83rd Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1778-83. The 83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers) Regiment of Foot;
disbanded.
1793-1859. The 83rd Regiment of Foot.
1859-81. The 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot.
=2nd Batt.=
1759-63. The 86th Regiment of Foot; formerly 2nd Batt. 76th Foot;
disbanded.
1779-83. The 86th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1793-1806. The 86th (The Shropshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.
1806-12. The 86th (The Leinster) Regiment of Foot.
1812-81. The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Royal Irish Rifles.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours," the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1795. Jamaica.
1797-8. San Domingo.
*1799-1819. India (2).
*1801. Egypt (2).
1805. Bhurtpore.
*1806. Cape of Good Hope (1).
*1809-14. Peninsula (1).
*1809. Talavera (1).
*1810. Bourbon (2).
*1810. Busaco (1).
*1811. Fuentes d'Onor (1).
1811. El Bodon.
*1812. Ciudad Rodrigo (1).
*1812. Badajos (1).
*1812. Salamanca (1).
*1813. Vittoria (1).
*1813. Nivelle (1).
*1814. Orthes (1).
*1814. Toulouse (1).
1817-19. Kandy.
1838-39. Canada.
*1842-59. Central India (1 & 2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
1858. Jhansi.
1858. Golowlee.
1858. Calpe.
1858. Gwalior.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Scarlet with Yellow facings (1793-1881). 2nd
Batt., Scarlet with Yellow facings (1793-1812); Scarlet with Blue
facings (1812-1881). 1st and 2nd Batts., Green with Dark Green
facings (at present time).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Harp and Crown," with Motto,
"_Quis separabit_." Also "The Sphinx" for "Egypt" (1801), won by
the 86th. The "Honours" formerly on the "Colours" have, since the
conversion of the regiments into a Rifle Corps, been placed on
the special pattern helmet-plate.
NICKNAMES.--"Fitch's Grenadiers" (of the 83rd when raised in
1793, on account of smallness of stature). "The Irish Giants" (in
India, 1842, of the 86th).
NOTES.--The 86th captured several standards at Jhansi (1858).
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 86th, or Royal County
Down Regiment._ 1793-1842. [London: Parker. 1842.]
_Memoirs and Services of the 83rd Regiment._ [Bray. 1863.]
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers),