FIFTY-FIFTH FOOT.

Titles.Colour ofCampaigns, Battles, &c.
Uniform.Facings.
57th Foot. 1755–1757
55th Foot. 1757–1782
55th Westmoreland. 1782——		Scarlet, 1755—.Scarlet, 1755–1767.
Green, 1767—.		Ticonderoga, 1758.
Louisbourg, 1758.
Canada, 1757–1760.
Brooklyn, 1776.
Brandywine, 1777.
Germantown, 1777.
America, 1775–1778.
St. Lucia, 1778.
Nimeguen, 1794.
Martinique, 1794.
Guadaloupe, 1794.
Flanders, 1794–1795.
St. Lucia, 1796.		Helder, 1799.
Crabbendam, 1799.
Bergen, 1799.
Egmont-op-Zee, 1799.
Alkmaer, 1799.
Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814.
Netherlands, 1814–1815.
China, 1840–1842.
Alma, 1854.
Inkerman, 1854.
Sevastopol, 1855.

The Regiment was raised in Scotland, chiefly near Stirling.

It bears “The Dragon” for China, 1840 to 1842.

It was nicknamed “The Two Fives” from its number.

The first Regiment numbered 55th was raised in 1755, and is now the 53rd Shropshire.