EIGHTY-FIRST FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||
| 81st Loyal Lincoln Volunteers. 1793–1794 81st Foot. 1794–1833 81st Loyal Lincoln Volunteers. 1833—— | Scarlet, 1793—. | Buff, 1793—. | Maid=a, 1806. Ionian Islands, 1809. Corunna, 1809. Flushing, 1809. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was raised at Lincoln, and it received its Title on its formation, from the Militia of that town volunteering in a body to it, combined with the family motto of its first Colonel, Albemarle Bertie; it is the only Regiment entitled “Loyal.”
The first Regiment numbered the 81st was the 81st Invalid=s, it was made the 71st in 1763, and formed into Independent Companies in 1769.
The second was the 81st Aberdeen Highlanders, raised in 1778, and disbanded in 1783.