NINETIETH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 90th, Perthshire Volunteers. 1794–1815 90th, Perthshire Volunteers Light Infantry. 1815—— | Scarlet, 1794—. | Buff, 1794—. | Minorca, 1798. Mandora, 1801. Alexandria, 1801. Egypt, 1801. Martinique, 1809. Guadaloupe, 1810. | Cape of Good Hope, 1846. Sevastopol, 1855. Lucknow, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was raised in Perthshire.
It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
It was nicknamed “Sir Thomas Graham’s Perthshire Grey-breeks” from its Colonel’s name when raised, and the colour of the men’s breeches.
The first Regiment numbered the 90th was the 90th Irish Light Infantry, raised in 1759; it served at Havannah 1762, and was disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised in 1780, and disbanded in 1783.