FIFTY-SECOND FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| 54th Foot. 1755–1757 52nd Foot. 1757–1782 52nd Oxfordshire. 1782–1803 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. 1803—— | Scarlet, 1755—. | Black, 1755–1767. Buff, 1767—. | Lexington, 1775. Bunker’s Hill, 1775. Brooklyn, 1776. Brandywine, 1777. Freehold, 1778. America, 1775–1778. Bangalore, 1791. Savendroog, 1791. Seringapatam, 1792. Pondicherry, 1793. Hindoostan, 1790–1793. Copenhagen, 1807. | Vimiera, 1808. Corunna, 1809. Flushing, 1809. Douro, 1809. Talavera, 1809. Busaco, 1810. Sabugal, 1811. Fuentes d’Onor, 1811. Cuid=ad Rodrigo, 1812. Badajos, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. St. Sebastian, 1813. | Nivelle, 1813. Nive, 1813. Orthes, 1814. Tarbes, 1814. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Waterloo, 1815. Netherlands, 1814–1815. Delhi, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was raised in the south of England.
It received its Title in 1803 on its second Battalion being made the 96th; which was renumbered 95th in 1816, and was disbanded in 1818.
The first Regiment numbered 52nd was raised in 1755, and is now the 50th Queen’s Own.