The East Lancashire Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batt.
3rd Batt. The 5th Lancashire Militia.
The Sphinx. The Red Rose of Lancaster.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1702-14. Colonel Thomas Sanderson's (or its Colonel's name) Regiment of Marines.
1714-51. Colonel Charles Willis's (or its Colonel's name) Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 30th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The East Lancashire Regiment.
2nd Batt.
1741-48. The 59th Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 48th Foot.
1755. The 59th Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 56th Foot.
1755-57. The 61st Regiment of Foot: renumbered The 59th Foot.
1757-82. The 59th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The East Lancashire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1704-5. Gibraltar.
1704. Malaga.
1704-6. Spain.
1705. Barcelona.
1706. Alicante.
1706. Tortosa.
1707. Lerida.
1708. Cagliari.
1758. Cherbourg.
1761. Belle Isle.
1775-76. America.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1781. Carolina.
1782-83. Gibraltar.
1794. Toulon.
1794. Corsica.
1794-95. Flanders.
1794. Nimeguen.
1796. St. Vincent.
1798. Minorca.
1800. Malta.
1801. Mandora.
*1801. Egypt (1).
1801. Alexandria.
1801. Marabout.
*1806. Cape of Good Hope (2).
1806-7. Madras.
1808-9. Peninsula.
*1809. Corunna (2).
1810. Mauritius.
*1811. Java (2).
*1810-13. Peninsula (1 & 2).
*1812. Badajos (1).
*1812. Salamanca.
*1813. Vittoria (2).
*1813. St. Sebastien (2).
*1813. Nive (2).
1814. Bayonne.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo (1).
1815-19. Hindoostan.
1817-19. Mahratta War.
1819. Asseerghur.
*1826. Bhurtpore (2).
*1854. Alma (1).
*1854. Inkerman (1).
*1855. Sevastopol (1).
1857-58. China.
*1857. Canton (2).
1858. Nantow.
*1878-80. Afghanistan (2).
*1879. Ahmed Khel (2).
1879. Ghuznee.
1879. Cabool.
1880. Candahar.
*1895. Chitral.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—1st Batt., Red with Yellow facings (the latter probably from formation, but certainly since 1742 till 1881 (?)). 2nd Batt., Red and Purple facings (in 1755); Scarlet and "lily"-White (in 1815). Now Scarlet and White facings for both Batts.
Regimental Badges.—"The Sphinx," for "Egypt" (1801): the honour was won by the 1st Batt. Also (since territorial re-organisation) "The Red Rose of Lancaster."
Nicknames.—1st Batt., "The Triple X's," or "The Three Tens" (the regimental number). 2nd Batt., "The Lily-Whites" (from the facings).
Bibliography.—Historical Records of The XXX Regiment. [London: Clowes. 1887.]