SEVENTIETH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||
| 70th Foot. 1758–1782 70th Surrey. 1782–1812 70th Glasgow Lowland. 1812–1825 70th Surrey. 1825—— | Scarlet, 1758—. | Grey, 1758–1768. Black, 1768—. | Martinique, 1794. Guadaloupe, 1810. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. New Zealand, 1863–1865. |
It was formerly the second Battalion of the 31st Foot, raised in 1756.
It was nicknamed “The Glasgow Greys” from its facings, and having many Glasgow men in its ranks.