=1st Batt.=
1759-63. The 87th (Highland Volunteers) Regiment of Foot; also "Keith's
Highlanders"; disbanded.
1779-83. The 87th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1793-1811. The 87th (The Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot.
1811-27. The 87th (The Prince of Wales's Own Irish) Regiment of Foot.
1827-81. The 87th (The Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot (for a
short period The Prince of Wales's Own Irish Fusiliers).
=2nd Batt.=
1759-65. The 89th (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1779-83. The 89th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1793-1866. The 89th Regiment of Foot.
1866-81. The 89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion
concerned.
1760. Zierenberg.
1760. Warbourg.
1760. Campen.
1761. Fellinghausen.
1761. Johannisberg.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1764. Buxar.
1780. St. Lucia.
1780. Antigua.
1793. Alost.
1794-5. Flanders.
1794. Boxtel.
1794. Nimeguen.
1795. Tuyl.
1800. Malta.
*1801. Egypt (2).
1801. Alexandria.
1806. Buenos Ayres.
*1807. Monte Video (1).
*1809-14. Peninsula (1).
*1809. Talavera (1).
1810. Mauritius.
*1811. Barrossa (1).
*1811. Tarifa (1).
*1811. Java (2).
*1813. Vittoria (1).
1813. Bidassoa.
*1813. Nivelle (1).
1813-14. Canada.
1813. Chrystler's Farm.
*1813. Niagara (2).
1814-15. Netherlands.
*1814. Orthes (1).
*1814. Toulouse (1).
1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
1815-16. Nepaul.
*1824-26. Ava (2).
*1855. Sevastopol (2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
1860. China.
*1882. Egypt (1).
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir (1).
*1884. Egypt (2).
1884. El Teb.
1884. Tamai.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Scarlet with Green facings (1793-1823, when
the facings were changed to Blue); 2nd Batt., Scarlet with Black
facings (1793 to 1881, when the latter gave place to the present
Blue facings).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Princess Victoria's Coronet"
(received with its title in 1866, when Her Majesty exchanged the
colours presented by her in 1833, as Princess Victoria, for new
ones). "The Sphinx" for "Egypt" (1801). "An Eagle with a Wreath
of Laurel" in addition to "The Plume of the Prince of Wales" (for
distinction at Barrossa in 1811, where it captured the Eagle
[the first taken in the Peninsular War] of the 8th French Light
Infantry)--_cf._ the figure "8" below the Eagle--whence also its
title "The Prince of Wales's Own Irish." "The Harp and Crown"
(the badge of the 87th, when raised in 1793).
NICKNAMES, &C.--"The Old Togs," or "The Faugh-a-Ballagh Boys"
(from the war cry of the 87th at Barrossa--"Fag an Bealac" =
"Clear the Way"). "The Eagle Takers" (also a sobriquet of the
87th--see above). "Blayney's Bloodhounds" (for skill in tracing
rebels in the Irish Rebellion of 1798). "The Rollickers."
NOTES.--The Royal Fusiliers wear two collar badges, a distinction
shared only with the Seaforth Highlanders.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 89th, or Royal Irish
Fusiliers._ 1793-1853. [London: Parker. 1842.]
_Historical Record of The 89th Princess Victoria's Regiment._
By Captain R. Brinckman, 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Illustrated. [Gale and Polden. 1888.]
The Connaught Rangers,