1751
In 1751 a royal warrant was issued regulating the clothing, colours, and standards of the several regiments of the army. In this warrant the first, or King's colour, of the Fourteenth Regiment, is directed to be the great union: the second, or regimental colour, to be of buff silk, with the union in the upper canton; in the centre of the colours XIV. in gold Roman characters, within a wreath of roses and thistles on the same stalk.
The uniform of the regiment at this period, was black three-cornered cocked hats, bound with white lace; scarlet coats faced with yellow, yellow cuffs and white lace; scarlet waistcoats and breeches; white gaiters, and white cravats; buff belts, and buff pouches. The drummers wore buff coats faced with scarlet. The grenadiers wore cloth caps with the king's cipher and crown in front; the "white horse," with the motto "Nec aspera terrent," on the flap; and the number of the regiment behind.
In August of this year orders were issued for the regiment to march to the south of England, and to furnish detachments on the coast of Sussex, to assist the officers of the revenue in the prevention of smuggling.
1752
The regiment called in its detachments in the beginning of April, 1752, and marching to Portsmouth, embarked for Gibraltar, where it was stationed during the following seven years.
1753
Colonel the Honorable William Herbert was removed to the Second Dragoon Guards in 1753, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of the Fourteenth Regiment by Colonel Edward Braddock, from lieutenant-colonel in the Second Foot Guards.
1755
In 1755, some disputes occurred between England and France, respecting the extent of the British dominions in America, and Major-General Braddock was mortally wounded at Fort du Quesne: he was succeeded by Lieutenant-General Fowke, governor of Gibraltar, from the Second Foot, by commission dated the 12th of November, 1755.