Its MS. Records say its facings were once of a peculiar colour, Orange with a shade of Dutch Pink, this was before 1742.
It was nicknamed “Guise’s Geese,” from its Colonel’s name from 1735 to 1763; also “the Warwickshire Lads”; and “the Saucy Sixth.”
SEVENTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| The Royal Fuziliers. 1685–1751 7th, The Royal Fuziliers. 1751—— | Scarlet, 1685—. | Yellow, 1685. Blue, in 1742— | Walcourt, 1689. Steenkirk, 1692. Neer-Landen, 1693. Namur, 1695. Flanders, 1689–1696. St. Johns, 1775. America, 1775–1781. Copenhagen, 1807. Martinique, 1809. Talavera, 1809. Albuera, 1811. | Badajos, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. Pyrenees, 1813. Orthes, 1814. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1809–1814. New Orleans, 1814. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. |
The Regiment was raised chiefly in London, and two Independent Companies in the Tower of London were incorporated in it.
It received its title when raised from every man being armed with a fuzil, instead of a pike or musket.
It is not known when its facings were changed to Blue, but probably before 1700.
It bears the “White Rose within the Garter,” and “the White Horse.”
It was commonly known as “the English Fuziliers” when raised.