The Worcestershire Regiment,
COMPRISING
1st Batt. (formerly) The 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt. ( " ) The 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot; the 3rd and 4th Batts. are authorised; with Militia Batts.
5th Batt. The 1st Worcestershire Militia.
6th Batt. The 2nd Worcestershire Militia.
The United Red and White Rose. Firm.
TITLES.
1st Batt.
1694-1751. Colonel Thomas Farington's (or successive Colonels' names) Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 29th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot.
2nd Batt.
1701-51. Colonel Viscount Charlemont's (or successive Colonels' names) Regiment of Foot.
1751-82. The 36th Regiment of Foot.
1782-1881. The 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot.
1881 (from). The Worcestershire Regiment.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.
1704-8. Spain.
1704-6. Germany.
1705. Neer Hespen.
*1706. Ramilies (1)
1706. Barcelona.
1707. Almanza.
1711. Quebec.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1727. Gibraltar.
1744-48. Flanders.
1745. Jacobite rising.
1746. Culloden.
1747. Val.
1758. Cherbourg.
1761. Belle Isle.
1776-81. America.
1776. Quebec.
*1783-98. Hindoostan (2).
1791. Bangalore.
1791. Nundy-Droog.
1792. Seringapatam.
1793. Pondicherry.
1796. Grenada.
1799. Helder.
1799. Oud-Karspel.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
*1800-1. Mysore (2).
1800. Quiberon.
1806. Buenos Ayres.
1807. Monte Video.
*1808-14. Peninsula (1 & 2).
*1808. Roleia (1 & 2).
*1808. Vimiera (1 & 2).
1809. Douro.
*1809. Corunna (2).
1809. Flushing.
*1809. Talavera (1).
1811. Badajos.
*1811. Albuera (1).
*1812. Salamanca (2).
*1813. Pyrenees (2).
*1813. Nivelle (2).
*1813. Nive (2).
*1814. Orthes (2).
*1814. Toulouse (2).
*1845. Ferozeshah (1).
*1846. Sobraon (1).
*1848-49. Punjab (1).
1848. Chenab.
1848. Ionian Islands.
*1849. Chillianwallah (1).
*1849. Goojerat (1).
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—1st Batt., Scarlet with Yellow facings (in 1702); Scarlet with White facings (present time) for both Battalions. The old 36th Foot wore Scarlet with Green facings from 1742 to the time of the territorial re-arrangement, when all non-"Royal" regiments assumed "White" for their facings.
Regimental and other Badges.—"The United Red and White Rose" (since 1881). Also "Firm" (worn by the old 36th since, if not before, 1773, but why is not known).
Nicknames.—"The Ever-Sworded 29th" (supposed to date back to 1746, from a regimental usage that all officers wore their swords at mess; now confined to the Captain and Subaltern of the day). "The Old Bold" (of the 29th). "The Saucy Greens" (of the 36th Foot from their facings). "The Star (or Guard) of the Line." The "Vein-openers."
Notes.—The 29th captured a standard from the French at Talavera (1809). Its quick-step—the Royal Windsor March—was presented by the Princess Augusta.
Bibliography.—History of Thomas Farrington's Regiment; afterwards 29th (Worcestershire) Foot. 1694-1891. By Major H. Everard. [Worcester: Littlebury & Co. 1891.]
Historical Records of The 3rd and 4th Battalions Worcestershire Regiment. By Captain R. Holden.
Historical Records of The 36th, or Herefordshire Regiment. 1701-1852. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1853.]
Historical Records of The 36th Regiment. 1852-81. [London: Mitchell. 1883.]