The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment),
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 14th (Buckinghamshire—The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.
3rd Batt. The 2nd West York Militia; and
4th Batt. The 4th West York Militia.
The Plume of the
Prince of Wales.
The White Horse and Motto.
The Royal Tiger.
TITLES.
1685-88. Colonel Sir Edward Hales's Regiment of Foot.
1688-1751. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 14th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1809. The 14th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot.
1809-76. The 14th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot.
1876-81. The 14th (Buckinghamshire—The Prince of Wales's Own)
Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1692-96. Flanders.
1693. Neer-Landen.
1695. Namur.
1727. Gibraltar.
1745. Flanders.
1746. Falkirk.
1746. Culloden.
1766-71. America.
1793-95. Flanders.
1793. Famars.
1793. Valenciennes.
1793. Dunkirk.
1794. Tournay.
1795. Guildermalsen.
1796. St. Lucia.
*1807-31. India.
1808-9. Peninsula.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
1810. Mauritius.
1811. Tarifa.
*1811. Java.
1814. Genoa.
1815. Netherlands.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Cambray.
*1826. Bhurtpore.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1860-66. New Zealand.
*1879-80. Afghanistan.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Red and Yellow facings (in 1685); Scarlet with Buff facings (in 1742); Scarlet with White facings (present time).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Prince of Wales's Plume" (from 1876). Also "The White Horse," and Motto, "Nec aspera terrent" (from 1765). Also "The Royal Tiger" (for service in India 1807-31).
Nicknames, &c.—"The Old and Bold." "Calvert's Entire" (from 1806 to 1826 its Colonel was Sir Harry Calvert, at whose request the county title was changed in 1809. He had large estates in mid-Buckinghamshire, now represented by the Verneys). "The Powos."
Notes.—This regiment was one of the trio known in the 1793-95 Flanders campaign as "The Fighting Brigade." Characterised by the Earl of Albemarle as "composed of boys, but fine boys," they suffered heavily at Waterloo. The regiment was first raised in Kent.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of The 14th, or the Buckinghamshire Regiment. 1685-1845. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1845.]
Historical Records of the 14th Regiment (now Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire). From its formation in 1685 to 1892. By Captain H. O'Donnell. With full-page coloured and other illustrations, and illustrations in the text. [Devonport: Swiss. 1893.]