The Bedfordshire Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 16th (the Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.
3rd Batt. The Bedford Militia.
4th Batt. The Hertford Militia.
The United Red and White Rose.
TITLES.
1688-1751. Colonel James Douglas's Regiment of Foot (when raised); subsequently by the name of successive Colonels (in 1689 Colonel James Stanley).
1751-82. The 16th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1809. The 16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot.
1809-81. The 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot (the county title was exchanged with the 14th at the request of the Colonel of that regiment).
1881 (from). The Bedfordshire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1689-97. Flanders.
1689. Walcourt.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1702-12. Germany.
1702. Liége.
1704. Schellenberg.
*1704. Blenheim.
*1706. Ramilies.
*1708. Oudenarde.
1708. Lisle.
1709. Tournay.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1741. Carthagena.
1742. Cuba.
1778. Baton Rouge.
1779-81. America.
1781. Pensacola.
1793-94. San Domingo.
1795. Jamaica.
*1804. Surinaam.
*1895. Chitral.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet with White facings (in 1688); Scarlet and deep Yellow facings (in 1742); Scarlet and White facings (present time).
Regimental Badge.—"The United Red and White Rose."
Nicknames.—"The Old Bucks" (before 1809, when the county title was exchanged with the 14th). "The Peacemakers." "The Featherbeds."
Notes.—One of twelve regiments raised in 1688. It and the 17th Foot alone remain (1900).
Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 16th, or Bedfordshire Regiment. 1688-1848. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1848.]