The Devonshire Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.
3rd Batt. The 2nd Devon Militia.
4th Batt. The 1st Devon Militia.
The Castle of Exeter and Motto.
TITLES.
1685-87. Colonel the Duke of Beaufort's Regiment of Foot.
1687-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 11th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Devonshire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1690. Boyne.
1690. Athlone.
1690. Limerick.
1690-96. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1703-4. Germany.
1706-8. Spain.
1707. Almanza.
1708-11. Germany.
1709. Malplaquet.
1709. Mons.
1709. Pont-à-Vendin.
1710. Douay.
1710 Bethune.
1710. Aire.
1710. St. Venant.
1711. Quebec.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1715. Dunblane.
1742-8. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1746. Roucoux.
1760-3. Germany.
1760. Corbach.
1760. Warbourg.
1760. Campen.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1793. Toulon.
1794. Corsica.
1809. Flushing.
*1809-14. Peninsula.
1810. Busaco.
1811. Sabugal.
*1812. Salamanca.
1812. Burgos.
1813. Vittoria.
*1813. Pyrenees.
*1813. Nivelle.
*1813. Nive.
*1814. Orthes.
*1814. Toulouse.
1837-38. Ionian Islands.
1838-39. Canada.
*1879-80. Afghanistan.
1895. Chitral.
*1897-98. Tirah.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet and "Tawny" facings (in 1685); Scarlet and Green facings (in 1742); Scarlet and White facings (present time).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Castle of Exeter." Motto, "Semper fidelis" (an allusion to the Civil Wars).
Nickname.—"The Bloody Eleventh" (from its having been cut to pieces at Salamanca by the French, when capturing a standard).
Notes.—The regiment captured the drums of the 11th French Infantry at Flushing. Its service is fitly and truly described by its motto ("Always faithful").
Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 11th, or North Devon Regiment. 1685-1845. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1845.]