FIFTY-THIRD FOOT.

Titles.Colour ofCampaigns, Battles, &c.
Uniform.Facings.
55th Foot. 1755–1757
53rd Foot. 1757–1782
53rd Shropshire. 1782——		Scarlet, 1755—.Scarlet, 1755—.America, 1776–1781.
Famars, 1793.
Nieuport, 1793.
Valenciennes, 1793.
Tournay, 1794.
Nimeguen, 1794.
Guildermalsen, 1795.
Flanders, 1793–1795.
St. Lucia, 1796.
Talavera, 1809.
Salamanca, 1812.
Vittoria, 1813.		Pyrenees, 1813.
Nivelle, 1813.
Toulouse, 1814.
Peninsula, 1809–1814.
Aliwal, 1846.
Sobraon, 1846.
Punjaub, 1848–1849.
Goojerat, 1849.
Lucknow, 1857.
Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858.

The Regiment was raised in the south of England.

It was nicknamed “The Brickdusts” from its facings; also “The Old Five and Threepennies” from its number and the daily pay of an Ensign.

The first Regiment numbered 53rd was raised in 1755, and is now the 51st King’s Own Light Infantry.