The Cheshire Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.
3rd Batt. The 1st Royal Cheshire Militia.
4th Batt. The 2nd Royal Cheshire Militia.
The United Rose.
The Acorn and Leaves.
TITLES.
1689. Colonel the Duke of Norfolk's Regiment of Foot.
1689-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 22nd Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 22nd (The Cheshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Cheshire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1690. Boyne.
1691. Athlone.
1691. Limerick.
1691. Aughrim.
1727. Gibraltar.
1757-60. Canada.
*1758. Louisberg.
1759. Quebec.
1761. Dominica.
1762. Martinique.
1762. Havannah.
1775-79. America.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1776. Brooklyn.
1794. Guadaloupe.
1794. St. Lucia.
1794. San Domingo.
1800. Cape of Good Hope.
1804. Deig.
1805. Bhurtpore.
1810. Mauritius.
*1843. Meanee.
*1843. Hyderabad.
*1843. Scinde.
1887. Burma.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet with Buff facings (in 1689); Scarlet and White facings (present time).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The United Red and White Rose" (this, though given in Army List, is not worn). Also "An Acorn and Oak Leaves."
Nicknames.—"The Two Twos" (22nd). "The Red Knights" (in 1795 it was served with red jackets, waistcoats, and breeches, instead of the proper uniform).
Notes.—First raised at Chester. At Hyderabad (1743) it captured seventeen standards.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of The 22nd, or Cheshire Regiment of Foot. 1689-1849. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1849.]