| Regiments. | Officers. | Men. | |||
| Killed. | Wounded. | Died of Disease. | Killed. | Wounded. | |
| Royal Artillery | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Royal Navy | 1 | 1 | - | 30 | 68 |
| 3rd Buffs (East Kent Regiment) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4th King's Own (Lancaster Regt.) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| 38th Regt. (South Staffords) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 37 |
| 42nd (R. Highlanders) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 32 |
| 61st (2nd Gloucesters) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 63rd (1st Manchesters) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 64th (1st N. Staffords) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 65th (1st York and Lancaster) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
Note.—I am indebted to the courtesy of the Army Council for this hitherto unpublished return of the rank and file killed and wounded at Guadeloupe.
Martinique, 1762.
This distinction was conferred on the following regiments by an Army Order in November, 1909:
East Yorkshire.
Leicester.
Cheshire.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Gloucester.
Royal Sussex.
South Stafford.
South Lancashire.
Welsh.
Royal Highlanders.
Oxford Light Infantry.
Northampton.
King's Royal Rifles.
The employment of our troops on the Continent of Europe and in Canada had prevented the Cabinet from carrying out the designs for the capture of the Islands of Dominica, Martinique, and St. Lucia; but the fall of Louisburg and Quebec set sufficient forces at liberty to enable Pitt in the early part of 1762 to carry out the long-deferred expedition. Its command was entrusted to General the Hon. Robert Monckton, an officer of considerable experience, who had more recently distinguished himself in command of a brigade under Wolfe at Quebec. Carlisle Bay (Barbados) was the point selected for the mobilization of the expeditionary force, and there, at Christmas, 1761, the Commander-in-Chief arrived with eleven battalions from North America. He was joined shortly by Lord Rollo with five more battalions from Canada, and by General Ruffane with four seasoned regiments fresh from the capture of Belleisle; a couple of regiments from Guadeloupe, and two from Antigua, brought the force at Monckton's disposal to some 12,000 men, distributed in five brigades, under Brigadier W. Havilland, W. Ruffane, F. Grant, Lord Rollo, and Hunt Walsh.
On January 5, 1762, escorted by a powerful fleet under Lord Rodney, the expeditionary force left Barbados, and on the 7th had arrived at St. Ann's Bay, the southernmost harbour in Martinique. Our knowledge of the island was very defective. More than one attempt at disembarkation proved ineffective, owing to the want of roads by which the troops might advance, and it was not until the 16th of the month that the entire force was landed at Case Navire, a little to the north of the capital, Port Royal. A series of works, dominated by powerful entrenchments on the hills, Morne Tortenson and Morne Grenier, had been thrown up for the defence of Port Royal. On January 24 the first-named position was carried by Brigadiers Havilland and Walsh, with a loss of 33 officers and 357 men killed and wounded, and three days later the Morne Grenier was taken, with a loss of about 100 of all ranks. On February 12, finding further resistance useless, the French commander capitulated, and Monckton, in conjunction with Lord Rodney, who was in command of the fleet, despatched detachments for the capture of St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent, which fell into our hands without offering any resistance. Our casualties during the operations in Martinique were as follows:
| Regiments. | Officers. | Men. | ||
| K. | W. | K. | W. | |
| 4th K.'s Own | 1 | 1 | 8 | 23 |
| 15th E. Yorks | - | - | 4 | 15 |
| 17th Leicesters | - | - | 4 | 17 |
| 22nd Cheshires | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 27th Inniskilling Fusiliers | - | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 28th Gloucs. | - | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 35th R. Sussex | - | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 38th S. Staffs | - | - | 2 | 13 |
| 41st Welsh | - | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 42nd Royal Highlanders | 2 | 11 | 12 | 76 |
| 43rd Oxford L.I. | - | - | - | - |
| 48th N'hampton | - | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 60th K.R.R. | - | 3 | 12 | 42 |
| 65th York and Lancaster | - | - | - | 3 |
| 69th Welsh | - | - | 2 | 6 |
| 75th W. Riding Regiment | - | - | - | 3 |
| 77th Middlesex | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 90th Scot. R. | - | - | 3 | 17 |
| 91st Argyll Highlanders | - | - | - | - |
| 98th N. Staffs | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| 100th Royal Canadians | - | 1 | 4 | 8 |
It will be seen from the above list, copied from the London Gazette (in which the 42nd are styled "Royal Hunters"!), that many regiments suffered casualties which have not been authorized to assume the honour "Martinique, 1762."