Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army

by Anonymous

Known as the "Forty-Twas."

(Depot, Oxford.)

(Record Office, Warwick.)

"Quebec, 1759," "Martinique, 1762," "Havannah," "Mysore," "Hindoostan," "Martinique, 1794," "Vimiera," "Corunna," "Busaco," "Fuentes d'Onor," "Ciudad Rodrigo," "Badajoz," "Salamanca," "Vittoria," "Pyrenees," "Nivelle," "Nive," "Orthes," "Toulouse," "Peninsula," "Waterloo," "South Africa, 1851-2-3," "Delhi, 1857," "New Zealand," "Relief of Kimberley," "Paardeberg," "South Africa, 1900-02."

Uniform, Scarlet.

Facings, White.

Head-dress, Helmet.

Cap, Green with green band.