The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment),
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 76th Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batt.
3rd Batt. The 6th West York Militia.
The Crest and Motto of The
Duke of Wellington.
The Elephant with Howdah.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1702-51. Colonel The Earl of Huntingdon's (or successive Colonels') Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 33rd Regiment of Foot.
1782-1853. The 33rd (1st York, West Riding) Regiment of Foot.
1853-81. The 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment.
2nd Batt.
1756-63. The 76th Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
1777-84. The 76th (Macdonald's Highlanders) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
1787-1812. The 76th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot.
1812-81. The 76th Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1702-4. Germany.
1704-10. Spain.
1705. Valentia d'Alcantara.
1707. Almanza.
1742-47. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen (1).
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1746. Roucoux.
1746. Tongres.
1747. Val.
1758. Cherbourg.
1760-63. Germany.
1760. Corbach.
1761. Kerk Denkern.
1761. Belle-Isle.
1762. Martinique.
1776-81. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1778. Freehold.
1780. Camden.
1781. Guildford.
*1780-1806. Hindoostan (2).
1791. Bangalore.
1791. Savendroog.
1792. Seringapatam.
1794-95. Flanders.
1795. Guildermalsen.
1799. Malvelly.
*1799. Seringapatam (1).
*1800-1. Mysore (2).
*1803. Allyghur (2).
*1803. Delhi (2).
1803. Agra.
*1803. Leswarree (2).
*1804. Deig (2).
1805. Bhurtpore.
*1808-9. Peninsula (2).
1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
1810. Mauritius.
*1813. Nive (2).
1813-14. Peninsula.
1813. Pyrenees.
1813. Bidassoa.
1813. Nive.
1814. Bayonne.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1814. Antwerp.
1814. Bergen-op-Zoom.
1814. Canada.
1814. Plattsburg.
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo (1).
*1854. Alma (1).
*1854. Inkerman (1).
*1855. Sevastopol (1).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1868. Abyssinia (1).
1868. Magdala.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet (or Red) with Scarlet facings for both regiments till the introduction of the territorial system. Now Scarlet, faced with White.
Regimental and other Badges.—(1) "The Crest and Motto of the Duke of Wellington" (the 33rd was the first regiment commanded by "The Hero of Waterloo," and is the only corps in the British Army named after a subject); also (2) "The Elephant" to the 76th for valour in India. In 1808 The East India Company presented it with honorary colours: in conjunction with the 8th Hussars it captured 44 standards and 72 guns at Leswarree (1803).
Nicknames, &c.—1st Batt., "Havercake Lads" (the recruiting sergeants, circa 1782, carried oaten cakes on their sword-points when beating up). 2nd Batt., "The Immortals" (from most of its men having been wounded in Lake's Campaigns). "The Pigs" (from its "Elephant" badge). "The Old Seven and Sixpennies" (from its number, and the amount of a lieutenant's pay).