FIFTY-FOURTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 56th Foot. 1755–1757 54th Foot. 1757–1782 54th West Norfolk. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1755—. | Buff, 1755–1767. Green, 1767—. | Brooklyn, 1776. America, 1776–1781. Flanders, 1794–1795. Aboukir, 1801. Mandora, 1801. Alexandria, 1801. Marabout, 1801. Egypt, 1801. | Buenos Ayres, 1806. Monte-Vid=eo, 1807. Antwerp, 1814. Netherlands, 1814–1815. Ava, 1824–1826. Indian Mutiny, 1858. |
The Regiment was raised in Wiltshire and adjoining counties.
It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801, where it captured a gun at the battle of Marabout.
The first Regiment numbered 54th was raised in 1755, and is now the 52nd Light Infantry.