It was nicknamed “the Buff Howards,” from its facings and Colonel from 1737 to 1749; also “the Nut-crackers”; and “the Resurrectionists,” from its reappearing at the Battle of Albuera after being dispersed by the Polish Lancers; also “the Old Buffs” from its facings, and to distinguish it from the 31st, “the Young Buffs;” but the most ancient “Old Buffs” was the “Duke of York and Albany’s Maritime Regiment,” raised in 1664, that was incorporated into the 2nd or Coldstream Guards in 1689.
FOURTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| The Second Tanjier Regiment. 1680–1684 H. R. H. the Duchess of York and Albany’s Regiment. 1684–1685 The Queen’s Regiment. 1685–1688 The Queen Consort’s Regiment. 1688–1702 The Queen’s Marines. 1702–1715 The King’s Own. 1715–1751 4th, or The King’s Own. 1751–1867 4th, The King’s Own Royal. 1867—— | Scarlet, 1680—. | Yellow, 1680–1688. Blue, 1688—. | Boyne, 1690. Steenkirk, 1692. Neer-Landen, 1693. Namur, 1695. Flanders, 1692–1695. Gibraltar, 1705. Barcelona, 1705. Almanza, 1707. Spain, 1704–1709. Minorca, 1708. Minorca, 1756. Guadaloupe, 1759. Dominica, 1761. Martinique, 1762. | Havannah, 1762. Lexington, 1775. Bunker’s Hill, 1775. Brooklyn, 1776. Germantown, 1777. America, 1775–1778. St. Lucia, 1778. Egmont-op-Zee, 1799. Alkmaer, 1799. Copenhagen, 1807. Corunna, 1809. Flushing, 1809. Badajos, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. | Vittoria, 1813. St. Sebastian, 1813. Nive, 1813. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Bladensburg, 1814. New Orleans, 1814. Waterloo, 1815. Netherlands, 1815. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. Indian Mutiny, 1858. Abyssinia, 1868. |
The Regiment was raised for the defence of Tanjier, partly in London and partly in Plymouth.
It received its badge of “the Lion of England” from King William III.
It bore R. H. R. the Duchess of York and Albany’s Cypher from 1684 to 1688, and perhaps later.
It bears “the Royal Cypher within the Garter.”
It was nicknamed “Barrell’s Blues” from its facings and Colonel’s name from 1734 to 1739; also “the Lions” from its ancient badge.
FIFTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| (It was in the service of the Prince of Orange.) 1674–1688 Colonel Edward Lloyd’s Regiment of Foot. 1688–1694 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1694–1751 5th Foot. 1751–1782 5th Northumberland 1782–1836 5th Northumberland Fuziliers. 1836—— | Scarlet, 1688—. | Yellow, 1688. Green, since 1742—. | Boyne, 1690. Namur, 1695. Flanders, 1692–1697. Caya, 1709. Spain, 1707–1713. Gibraltar, 1727. Cherbourg, 1758. Corbach, 1760. Warbourg, 1760. Denkern, 1761. Wilhelmstahl, 1762. Germany, 1760–1763. Lexington, 1775. Bunker’s Hill, 1775. Brooklyn, 1776. | Brunx, 1776. Brandywine, 1777. Germantown, 1777. America, 1775–1778. St. Lucia, 1778. Bergen, 1799. Egmont-op-Zee, 1799. Crabbendam, 1799. Alkmaer, 1799. Buenos Ayres, 1806. Roleia, 1808. Vimiera, 1808. Corunna, 1809. Flushing, 1809. Busaco, 1810. | El-Bodon, 1811. Ciudad Rodrigo, 1812. Badajos, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. Nivelle, 1813. Orthes, 1814. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Plattsburg, 1814. Lucknow, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |