| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| The Princess Anne of Denmark’s Regiment. 1685–1702 The Queen’s Regiment. 1702–1716 The King’s Regiment. 1716–1751 8th, The King’s. 1751—— | Scarlet, 1685—. | Yellow, 1685–1716. Blue, 1716—. | Boyne, 1690. Venloo, 1702. Liege, 1702. Schellenberg, 1704. Blenheim, 1704. Ramilies, 1706. Oudenarde, 1708. Tournay, 1709. Malplaquet, 1709. Germany, 1701–1714. Dettingen, 1743. | Fontenoy, 1745. Roucoux, 1746. Val, 1747. Flanders, 1742–1748. Corbach, 1760. Warbourg, 1760. Wilhelmstahl, 1762. Germany, 1760–1763. Nimeguen, 1794. Flanders, 1794–1795. Grenada, 1796. | Mandora, 1801. Alexandria, 1801. Egypt, 1801. Copenhagen, 1807. Martinique, 1809. Flushing, 1809. Niagara, 1814. Delhi, 1857. Lucknow, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was chiefly raised in Derbyshire.
It bears “the White Horse within the Garter,” “the Royal Cypher and Crown,” with the motto “Nec aspera terrent,” which were granted by King George I. for its services against the Pretender in 1715; also “the Sphinx,” for Egypt, 1801.
It was commonly known as “the King’s Hanoverian White Horse” in the eighteenth century.
NINTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| Colonel Henry Cornwall’s Regiment of Foot. 1685–1688 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1688–1751 9th Foot. 1751–1782 9th East Norfolk. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1685—. | Blue, 1685–1751. Yellow, 1751—. | Boyne, 1690. Aughrim, 1691. Liege, 1702. Germany, 1701–1704. Almanza, 1707. Spain, 1704–1708. Belle Isle, 1761. Havannah, 1762. Stillwater, 1777. America, 1777–1781. Martinique, 1794. St. Lucia, 1794. | Guadaloupe, 1796. Grenada, 1796. Bergen, 1799. Egmont-op-Zee, 1799. Alkmaer, 1799. Roleia, 1808. Vimiera, 1808. Corunna, 1809. Flushing, 1809. Busaco, 1810. Barrossa, 1811. Tarifa, 1811. | Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. St. Sebastian, 1813. Nive, 1813. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Cabool, 1842. Moodkee, 1845. Ferozeshah, 1845. Sobraon, 1846. Sevastopol, 1855. |
The Regiment was chiefly raised in the south-west of England.
It bears “the figure of Britannia,” which badge is said= to have been given by Queen Anne.
It is said= its facings once were Orange; if so, it was before 1742.
It captured the Colours of the “Second Hampshire Regiment” at Fort Anne in July 1777.