The Norfolk Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Battalions.
3rd Batt. The 1st Norfolk Militia.
4th Batt. The 2nd Norfolk Militia.
The Figure of Britannia.
TITLES.
1685-88. Colonel Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot.
1688-1751. (Its Colonel's name) Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 9th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Norfolk Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1689. Londonderry.
1690. Boyne.
1691. Aughrim.
1701-4. Germany.
1702. Liége.
1702. Kaiserswerth.
1702. Venloo.
1702. Huy.
1704-10. Spain.
1707. Almanza.
1707. Valencia d'Alcantara.
1707. Albuquerque.
1710. Almanara.
1710. Badajos.
1710. Vellina.
1761. Belle Isle.
1762. Havannah.
1775-81. America.
1777. Stillwater.
1794. Martinique.
1794. St. Lucia.
1796. Guadaloupe.
1796. Grenada.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1808. Roleia.
*1808. Vimiera.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
1809. Douro.
*1810. Busaco.
1811. Barossa.
1811. Tarifa.
1811. Tarragona.
1811. Fuentes d'Onor.
1812. Badajos.
*1812. Salamanca.
*1813. Vittoria.
*1813. St. Sebastian.
1813. Bidassoa.
*1813. Nive.
1813. Nivelle.
1814. Bayonne.
*1842. Cabool.
*1845. Moodkee.
*1845. Ferozeshah.
*1846. Sobraon.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1879-80. Afghanistan.
*1879. Cabool.
1889. Burma.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet with Blue facings (from 1685 to well on in the 18th Century); Scarlet and Yellow facings (in 1751). In Irish Army Lists, circa 1718-46, it is set down as with Orange facings. At present Scarlet and White facings.
Regimental Badge.—"The Figure of Britannia"—"This distinguished badge was given to you for your gallantry at the battle of Almanza, during the War of Succession in Spain, by Queen Anne. On the occasion of that battle it is recorded that you lost 24 officers and had 300 killed and wounded out of 467. In retiring from the field the regiment covered the retreat of General Lord Galway, a most arduous, hazardous, and difficult service. The regiment thus upheld the honour of Great Britain, and was rewarded for it by Queen Anne by allowing them to wear the figure of Britannia on their breastplates."—General Bainbridge, in 1848, when presenting new Colours.
Nicknames, &c.—"The Holy Boys" (tradition says, for selling Bibles for drink in the Peninsula; but tradition likewise says because the Spaniards mistook the figure of Britannia on their belts for the Virgin Mary). "The Fighting Ninth." "The Norfolk Howards."
Notes.—It captured the Colours of the 2nd Hampshire Regiment at Fort Anne in 1777.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 9th, or East Norfolk Regiment of Foot. 1685-1847. Illustrated with plates. [London: Parker. 1848.]