The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry),
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment; with Militia.
3rd Batt. The 1st Somerset Militia; and
4th Batt. The 2nd Somerset Militia.
The Mural Crown.
The Sphinx.
TITLES.
1685-88. Colonel The Earl of Huntingdon's Regiment of Foot.
1688-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 13th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1822. The 13th (First Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot.
1822-42. The 13th (First Somersetshire Light Infantry) Regiment.
1842-1881. The 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light
Infantry) Regiment.
1881 (from). The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1689. Killicrankie.
1690. Boyne.
1690. Cork.
1690. Kinsale.
1701-3. Flanders.
1702. Kaiserwerth.
1702. Venloo.
1702. Ruremonde.
1702. Huy.
1702. Limberg.
1702. Liége.
1704-11. Spain.
1704-5. Gibraltar.
1705. Barcelona.
1707. Almanza.
1709. Caya.
1711. Tortosa.
1711. St. Matheo.
1727. Gibraltar.
1742-48. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1746. Roucoux.
1747. Val.
1793-95. San Domingo.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Mandora.
1801. Alexandria.
*1809. Martinique.
1810. Guadaloupe.
1813-15. America.
1814. Plattsburg.
*1824-26. Ava.
1825-27. Burma.
*1839. Afghanistan.
*1839. Ghuznee.
*1842. Jellalabad.
*1842. Cabool.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1858. Indian Mutiny.
*1878-79. South Africa.
*1885-87. Burma.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet and Yellow facings (1685-1842); Scarlet and Blue facings (from 1842).
Regimental and other Badges.—"A Mural Crown" superscribed "Jellalabad" (where it captured three standards from the Afghans). Also "The Sphinx" for "Egypt" (1801).
Nicknames.—"The Bleeders," "The Illustrious Garrison," "The Jellalabad Heroes."
Notes.—Chiefly raised in Buckinghamshire. For its services at Culloden (1746) it wears the sash knots on the right side.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of The 13th, 1st Somerset, or Prince Albert's Light Infantry. 1685-1848. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1848.]
Historical Record of The 13th, 1st Somersetshire, or Prince Albert's Light Infantry. By Thomas Carter. Illustrated. [London: Mitchell. 1867.]