The Royal Sussex Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment; with Militia Batt.
3rd Batt. The Royal Sussex Militia.
The United Red and White Rose.
The Collar Badge.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1701-51. Colonel The Earl of Donegal's (or successive Colonels') Regiment of Foot: also popularly "The Belfast Regiment."
1751-82. The 35th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1805. The 35th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot.
1805-32. The 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
1832-1881. The 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt.
1854-58. The Hon. East India Company's 3rd (Bengal European Light Infantry) Regiment.
1858-61. The 3rd (Bengal Light Infantry) Regiment.
1861-1881. The 107th Bengal Infantry Regiment.
1881 (from). The Royal Sussex Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1702. Cadiz.
1704-5. Gibraltar.
1704-8. Spain.
1706. Barcelona.
1707. Almanza.
1757-60. Canada.
*1758. Louisbourg (1).
*1759. Quebec (1).
1760. Sillery.
1761. Martinique.
1762. Havannah.
1775-78. America.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1776. Brooklyn.
1776. Brunx.
1778. St. Lucia.
1794. Martinique.
1794. St. Lucia.
1794. Guadaloupe.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Crabbendam.
1799. Alkmaer.
1800. Malta.
*1806. Maida (1).
1807. Rosetta.
1807. Egypt.
1809. Naples.
1809. Flushing.
1810. Ionian Islands.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1814. Antwerp.
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1882. Egypt (1).
*1884-85. Nile (1).
*1885. Abu Klea (1).
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—1st Batt., Scarlet with Orange facings (1701-1832, the Orange being changed to Blue on proceeding to Ireland). 2nd Batt., Scarlet with White facings. Scarlet with Blue facings for both Batts. (present time).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The United Red and White Rose." Also (though approved not in Army List) "A White Feather" (see Notes), "A Maltese Cross" (see Notes), and "The Centre of The Star of the Garter," combined.
Nickname.—"The Orange Lilies" (from its facings and white plume).
Notes.—"The White Plume," worn till 1800, and now included in the regimental badge, was worn at Quebec, being taken from The Royal Roussillon French Grenadiers; while "The Maltese Cross" is in memory of the capture of Malta. The Regiment was also at one time known as "The Prince of Orange's Own," having received its facings as a mark of favour.
Bibliography.—Historical Memoir of The 35th Royal Sussex Regiment. By Richard Trimen, late Captain 35th Foot. [Southampton. 1873.]