It received its Title, Badge of “The Lion of Nassau,” with the motto “Virtutis Namurcensis Præmium,” for its storming the Castle of Namur, 1695.
It also bears “The Harp and Crown,” “The Dragon” for its services in China, 1840 to 1842, and “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
NINETEENTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| Colonel Francis Luttrell’s Regiment of Foot. 1688–1691 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1691–1751 19th Foot. 1751–1782 19th First Yorkshire North Rid=ing. 1782–1875 19th (First Yorkshire North Rid=ing) Princess of Wales’s Own. 1875—— | Scarlet, 1688—. | Green, 1688—. | Steenkirk, 1692. Neer-Landen, 1693. Namur, 1695. Flanders, 1692–1696. Douay, 1710. Bouchain, 1711. Germany, 1710–1713. Fontenoy, 1745. Roucoux, 1746. Val, 1747. | Flanders, 1744–1748. Belle-Isle, 1761. Nieuport, 1793. Guildermalsen, 1795. Flanders, 1794–1795. Seringapatam, 1799. Mauritius, 1810. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. |
The Regiment was formed from Independent Companies of Musketeers and Pikemen in Devonshire.
It was nicknamed “The Green Howards” or “Howard’s Garbage” from its facings, and Colonel’s name from 1738 to 1748, and to distinguish it from the 3rd Foot, which was also commanded by a Colonel Howard at that time.
TWENTIETH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| Colonel Sir Richard Peyton’s Regiment of Foot. 1688–1689 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1689–1751 20th Foot. 1751–1782 20th, East Devonshire. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1688—. | Yellow, 1688—. | Boyne, 1690. Aughrim, 1691. Caya, 1709. Spain, 1707–1712. Gibraltar, 1727. Dettingen, 1743. Fontenoy, 1745. Flanders, 1742–1745. Cherbourg, 1758. Minden, 1759. Warbourg, 1760. Campen, 1760. Denkern, 1761. | Wilhelmstahl, 1762. Germany, 1758–1763. Stillwater, 1777. America, 1776–1781. Crabbendam, 1799. Bergen, 1799. Egmont-op-Zee, 1799. Alkmaer, 1799. Egypt, 1801. Maid=a, 1806. Vimiera, 1808. Corunna, 1809. Flushing, 1809. | Vittoria, 1813. Pyrenees, 1813. St. Sebastian, 1813. Orthes, 1814. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. Lucknow, 1858. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was raised in Devonshire.
It is said= to have borne the motto “Omnia audax,” but when is not known.