FORTY-FIFTH FOOT.

Titles.Colour ofCampaigns, Battles, &c.
Uniform.Facings.
Colonel Daniel Houghton’s Regiment of Foot. 1741–1745
(Its Colonel’s name.) 1745–1751
45th Foot. 1751–1782
45th Nottinghamshire. 1782–1866
45th Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Foresters). 1866——		Scarlet, 1741—.Green, 1741—.Louisbourg, 1758.
Quebec, 1759.
Canada, 1757–1760.
Brooklyn, 1776.
Brunx, 1776.
America, 1775–1778.
Buenos Ayres, 1806.
Monte-Vid=eo, 1807.
Roleia, 1808.
Vimiera, 1808.
Talavera, 1809.
Busaco, 1810.
Fuentes-d’Onor, 1811.
Cuid=ad Rodrigo, 1812.		Badajos, 1812.
Salamanca, 1812.
Vittoria, 1813.
Pyrenees, 1813.
Nivelle, 1813.
Orthes, 1814.
Toulouse, 1814.
Peninsula, 1808–1814.
Ava, 1824–1826.
Cape of Good Hope, 1846–1847.
Cape of Good Hope, 1852–1853.
Abyssinia, 1868.

The Regiment was raised in Nottinghamshire and adjoining counties.

It captured the French flag on the citadel at the storming of Badajos, 1812.

It received its title in 1866 with reference to the traditions of the county of Nottingham, and in consid=eration of its distinguished services.

It was nicknamed “The Old Stubborns” during the Peninsula War.