The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment),
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 45th (Nottinghamshire—Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Battalions.
3rd Batt. The 1st and 2nd Derby Militia.
4th Batt. The Royal Sherwood Foresters Militia.
The United Red and White Rose. The Collar Badge.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1741-48. The 45th Regiment of Foot; also Fraser's or The 2nd (Green) Marines; disbanded.
1741-51. Colonel D. Houghton's (or successive Colonels') Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1751-82. The 45th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1866. The 45th (Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot.
1866-81. The 45th (Nottinghamshire—Sherwood Foresters) Regiment.
2nd Batt.
1760-63. The 95th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1780-83. The 95th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1794-96. The 95th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1802-16. The 95th (Rifles); re-named The Rifle Brigade.
1816-18—. The 95th Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1824-5-1881. The 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalions concerned.
1757-60. Canada.
*1758. Louisbourg (1).
1759. Quebec.
1762. Martinique.
1775-78. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1776. Long Island.
1776. Brunx.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1795. Cape of Good Hope.
1806. Buenos Ayres.
1807. Monte Video.
*1808-14. Peninsula (1).
*1808. Roleia (1).
*1808. Vimiera (1).
*1809. Talavera (1).
*1810. Busaco (1 & 2).
*1811. Fuentes d'Onor (1).
*1812. Ciudad Rodrigo (1).
*1812. Badajos (1).
*1812. Salamanca (1).
1812. Burgos.
*1813. Vittoria (1).
*1813. Pyrenees (1).
*1813. Nivelle (1).
*1814. Orthes (1).
*1814. Toulouse (1).
*1824-26. Ava (1).
*1846-47. South Africa (1).
1852-53. South Africa.
*1854. Alma (2).
*1854. Inkerman (2).
*1855. Sevastopol (2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1858-59. Central India (2).
*1868. Abyssinia (2).
1868. Magdala.
*1882. Egypt (2).
*1897-98. Tirah.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Scarlet, with Green facings (1st Batt.), and Scarlet with Yellow facings (2nd Batt.), from formation in 1741 and 1823 respectively until territorialised. The facings are now White.
Regimental and other Badges.—In the Army List "The United Red and White Rose." Also in various combinations, "A Maltese Cross surmounted by a Crown; a White Stag (the municipal arms of Derby) within a Wreath."
Nickname.—"The Old Stubborns" (of the 45th Foot, during the Peninsular Campaigns).
Notes.—The 45th captured a French flag at the storming of Badajos.
Bibliography.—The 95th (The Derbyshire) Regiment in the Crimea. By Major H. C. Wylly. [London: Sonnenschein, 1900.]