SIXTIETH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| 62nd Loyal American Provincials. 1755–1757 60th Royal Americans. 1757–1816 60th Royal American Light Infantry. 1816–1820 60th Royal Americans. 1820–1824 60th, The Duke of York’s Own Rifle Corps. 1824–1830 60th, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps. 1830—— | Scarlet, 1755-1814. Green, 1814—. | Blue, 1755–1814. Scarlet, 1824—. | Ticonderoga, 1758. Louisbourg, 1758. Quebec, 1759. Sillery, 1760. Canada, 1757–1760. Martinique, 1762. Havannah, 1762. Grenada, 1796. Roleia, 1808. Vimiera, 1808. Corunna, 1809. Douro, 1809. Martinique, 1809. | Talavera, 1809. Guadaloupe, 1810. Busaco, 1810. Fuentes d’Onor, 1811. Albuera, 1811. Cuid=ad Rodrigo, 1812. Badajos, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. Pyrenees, 1813. Nivelle, 1813. Nive, 1813. Orthes, 1814. | Toulouse, 1814. Bayonne, 1814. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Punjaub, 1848–1849. Mooltan, 1849. Goojerat, 1849. Cape of Good Hope, 1850–1853. Delhi, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. Taku Forts, 1860. Pekin, 1860. |
The Regiment was raised in America.
It bears the motto “Celer et Audax” which was given to it by General Wolfe for its conduct at the siege of Quebec, 1759.
It appears to have worn no facings from 1814 to 1824.
In 1797 it received a fifth Battalion, which was dressed in green and called “The Rifle Battalion” from being armed with Rifles.
The first Regiment numbered the 60th was raised in 1755, and is now the 58th Rutlandshire.