Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers),
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Battalions.
3rd Batt. The Armagh Militia.
4th Batt. The Cavan Militia.
5th Batt. The Monaghan Militia.
The Plume of the Prince The Princess Victoria's
of Wales.Cypher and Coronet.
The Harp and
Crown.
The Sphinx.
The Eagle.
TITLES.
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.]