The Northamptonshire Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Battalions.
3rd Batt. The Northampton and Rutland Militia.
Ornament on Helmet Plate. The Sphinx.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1740-48. The 48th (The 5th or Cochrane's Marines) Regiment; disbanded.
1740-51. Colonel James Cholmondeley's (or successive Colonels') Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 48th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt.
1740-48. The 58th Regiment of Foot; renumbered the 47th, and now The 1st Batt. Loyal North Lancashire.
1756-57. The 58th Regiment of Foot; renumbered The 56th.
1755-57. The 60th Regiment of Foot; renumbered The 58th.
1757-82. The 58th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Northamptonshire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1744-47. Flanders.
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1746. Culloden.
1747. Val.
1758-62. Canada.
*1758. Louisbourg (1 & 2).
*1759. Quebec (1 & 2).
1760. Sillery.
1760. Montreal.
1762. Martinique.
1762. Havannah.
*1779-83. Gibraltar (2).
1794. Martinique.
1796. St. Lucia.
1798. Minorca.
1800. Malta.
*1801. Egypt (2).
1801. Aboukir.
1801. Mandora.
1801. Alexandria.
*1806. Maida (2).
1809. Scylla.
*1809-14. Peninsula (1 & 2).
*1809. Douro (1).
1809. Oporto.
*1809. Talavera (1).
1810. Busaco.
*1811. Albuera (1).
1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
*1812. Badajos (1).
*1812. Salamanca (1 & 2).
1812. Burgos.
*1813. Vittoria (1 & 2).
*1813. Pyrenees (1 & 2).
*1813. Nivelle (1 & 2).
1813. Nive.
*1814. Orthes (1 & 2).
1814. Bordeaux.
*1814. Toulouse (1).
1814. Plattsburg.
1834. Coorg.
*1849-56. New Zealand (2).
*1855. Sevastopol (1).
*1879. South Africa (2).
1881. Transvaal.
*1897-98. Tirah.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—1st Batt., Red (afterwards Scarlet) with Buff facings (from 1741 to 1881). 2nd Batt., Scarlet with White (or Buff) facings (1755-1767); Scarlet with Black facings (1767-1881). The facings for both battalions are now White.
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Castle and Key," with the motto, "Montis Insignia Calpe" (for the defence of Gibraltar by the 58th). Also "The Sphinx," for "Egypt" (1801—also an honour of the 58th).
Nicknames.—"The Black Cuffs" (from the facings of the 58th in 1767). Also "The Steel Backs."
Notes.—It was declared of The 48th that they saved the day at Talavera by their "advance, position, and steadiness"—hence "Talavera" on the helmet and waist-plates.