The South Staffordshire Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot; with Militia Batts.
3rd & 4th Batts. The 1st (King's Own) Stafford Militia.
The Staffordshire Knot.
The Sphinx.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1702-51. Colonel Luke Lillingstone's (or successive Colonels') Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 38th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt.
1758-64. The 80th (Light-armed) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
1778-84. The 80th (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) Regiment of Foot: disbanded.
1793-1881. The 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The South Staffordshire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1759. Guadaloupe.
1762. Martinique.
1775-80. America.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1776. Brooklyn.
1794-95. Flanders.
1794. Martinique.
1794. Guadaloupe.
*1801. Egypt (2).
1806. Cape of Good Hope.
1806. Buenos Ayres.
*1807. Monte Video (1).
*1808-14. Peninsula (1).
*1808. Roleia (1).
*1808. Vimiera (1).
*1809. Corunna (1).
1809. Flushing.
*1810. Busaco (1).
*1812. Badajos (1).
*1812. Salamanca (1).
1812. Burgos.
*1813. Vittoria (1).
*1813. St. Sebastian (1).
1813. Bidassoa.
*1813. Nive (1).
1813. Nivelle.
1814. Bayonne.
1819. Cape of Good Hope.
*1824-26. Ava (1).
1845. Moodkee (2).
*1845. Ferozeshah (1).
*1846. Sobraon (2).
1852. Rangoon.
*1852-53. Pegu (2).
*1854. Alma (1).
*1854. Inkerman (1).
*1855. Sevastopol (1).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
1857. Cawnpore.
*1858. Lucknow (1).
*1858. Central India (2).
*1878-79. South Africa (2).
*1882. Egypt (1).
*1884-85. Nile (1).
*1885. Kirbecan (1)
Uniform.—Both Battalions Scarlet and Yellow facings (on formation); Scarlet with White facings (present time).
Regimental and other Badges.—"The Sphinx," for "Egypt" (1801). Also "The Staffordshire Knot" (an ancient royal borough badge).
Nicknames.—"The Pump and Tortoise" (of the 38th). Also "The Staffordshire Knots" (of the 80th).
Notes.—The late 80th captured a gun at Ferozeshah (1845).