The Durham Light Infantry,
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 68th (Durham—Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 106th (Bombay Light Infantry) Regiment; with Militia Batts.
3rd Batt. The 1st Durham Militia.
4th Batt. The 2nd Durham Militia.
The United Red and White Rose.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1756-58. The 23rd (2nd Batt.) Royal Welsh Fusiliers: regimented in
1758-82. The 68th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1812. The 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot.
1812-81. The 68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment.
2nd Batt.
1826-58. The Hon. East India Co.'s 2nd Bombay European Light Infantry.
1858-61. The 2nd Bombay Light Infantry Regiment.
1861-81. The 106th Bombay Light Infantry Regiment.
1881 (from). The Durham Light Infantry.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1758. Cherbourg.
1795. St. Lucia.
1796. St. Vincent.
1796. Grenada.
1803. St. Lucia.
1809. Flushing.
*1811-14. Peninsula (1).
*1812. Salamanca (1).
1812. Burgos.
1813. Adour.
*1813. Vittoria (1).
*1813. Pyrenees (1).
*1813. Nivelle (1).
*1814. Orthes (1).
1814. Bordeaux.
*1854. Alma (1).
*1854. Inkerman (1).
*1855. Sevastopol (1).
*1856-57. Persia (2).
*1856. Reshire (2).
*1856. Bushire (2).
*1857. Koosh-ab (2).
*1864-66. New Zealand (1).
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet, with White facings (present time: the 68th wore Green facings from 1758 to 188-, and the 106th Buff from 1839-42).
Regimental Badge.—"The United Red and White Rose."
Nickname.—"The Faithful Durhams."
Bibliography.—A Short Record of The Durham Light Infantry, from 1758 to 1894. Compiled by Lieutenant-Colonel W. Gordon, Commanding 1st Batt. [Devonport: Swiss. 1894.]