The Royal Warwickshire Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st & 2nd Batts. (formerly) The 6th (Royal First Warwickshire)
Regiment of Foot; the 3rd and 4th Batts. have been recently
sanctioned, with two Militia Battalions.
5th Batt. The 1st Warwick Militia.
6th Batt. The 2nd Warwick Militia.
The United Rose
and Crown.
The Antelope.
The Bear and Ragged Staff.
TITLES.
1673-88. A "Holland Regiment." Also (when raised) Colonel Sir Walter Vane's Regiment of Foot.
1688-1702. [Its Colonel's name] Regiment of Foot.
1702-[?]. The "Sea Service" Regiment of Foot.
17[?]-1832. The 6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.
1832-81. The 6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1690. Boyne.
1690-96. Flanders.
1702. Cadiz.
1704-10. Spain.
1707. Almanza.
1710. Saragossa.
1741. Carthagena.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1772. St. Vincent.
1776-77. America.
1794. Martinique.
1794. Guadaloupe.
1796-98. Ireland.
1799-1806. Canada.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1808. Roleia.
*1808. Vimiera.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
*1813. Vittoria.
*1813. Pyrenees (Eschalar).
*1813. Nivelle.
*1813. Niagara.
*1814. Orthes.
1814. Bordeaux.
1821-7. Kaffraria.
1832. Scinde.
1832. Baloochistan.
1840-41. Aden.
*1846-47. South Africa.
*1851-2-3. South Africa.
1856-57. South Africa.
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
1860. Thibet.
1865. Jamaica.
1868. Hazara.
1869. Punjaub.
*1898. Atbara.
*1898. Khartoum.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Red and Deep Yellow facings (1673-1832); Scarlet with Blue facings (since 1832).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Antelope" (an ancient Royal Badge—in Henry VI.'s reign one of the supporters of the Royal Arms). Also "The United Red and White Rose with the Imperial Crown" (the rose is with stalk and leaves—the Tudor rose had none of these appendages—and is thought to have been the badge of all the "Holland regiments.") Also "The Rampant Bear Chained to a Ragged Staff"—"Old Neville's Crest"—borne only since the territorial re-organisation.
Nicknames.—"Guise's Geese," "The Warwickshire Lads," "The Saucy Sixth."
Notes.—As in the case of the Northumberland Fusiliers, this is one of the regiments that returned, after service in Holland, with William of Orange in 1688. Its service has always been distinguished—it was cut up at Almanza in 1707—and the Iron Duke characterised its performance at Eschalar (Pyrenees, 1813) as "the most gallant and finest thing I have ever witnessed." Also at Niagara it won special distinction, since when its general Colonial service has been unique.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 6th, or 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment of Foot. 1674-1838. Illustrated. [London. Longman. 1839.]