The Officers of the 63rd previous to 1855 wore a fleur-de-lis in gold embroidery at the end of their coat-tails. At one time the whole regiment appears to have worn a fleur-de-lis badge, which was adopted in 1815 for services rendered at Guadaloupe.
The 1st Battalion (63rd Foot) nicknamed "Bloodsuckers," at one time. The 2nd Battalion (96th Foot) was called "The Bendovers."
(Depot, Lichfield.)
(Record Office, Lichfield.)
The Dragon, superscribed "China."
"Guadaloupe, 1759," "Martinique, 1794," "St. Lucia, 1803," "Surinam," "Punjaub," "Reshire," "Bushire," "Koosh-ab," "Persia," "Lucknow," "Hafir," "South Africa, 1900-02."
Uniform, Scarlet.
Facings, White.