It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
It was nicknamed “The Two Tens”; also “The Minden Boys” and “Kingsley’s Stand,” from its conduct at Minden 1759, and its Colonel’s name from 1756–1769.
TWENTY-FIRST FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| Colonel the Earl of Mar’s Fuziliers. 1678–1686 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1686–1707 The North British Fuziliers. 1707–1712 The Royal North British Fuziliers. 1712–1751 21st Royal North British Fuziliers. 1751–1877 21st Royal Scots Fuziliers. 1877—— | Scarlet, 1678—. | Scarlet, 1678–1712. Blue, 1712—. | Walcourt, 1689. Steenkirk, 1692. Neer-Landen, 1693. Flanders, 1689–1697. Schellenberg, 1704. Blenheim, 1704. Neer-Hespen, 1705. Ramilies, 1706. Oudenarde, 1708. Lisle, 1708. Malplaquet, 1709. Douay, 1710. | Bouchain, 1711. Germany, 1702–1712. Dettingen, 1743. Fontenoy, 1745. Val, 1747. Flanders, 1742–1748. Belle-Isle, 1761. Stillwater, 1777. America, 1776–1781. Martinique, 1794. St. Lucia, 1794. Guadaloupe, 1794. | Ionian Islands, 1809. Scylla, 1809. Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814. Netherlands, 1814. Bladensburg, 1814. Baltimore, 1814. New Orleans, 1815. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. |
The Regiment was raised in Scotland, and received its Title from being armed with fuzils instead of muskets.
It bears “The Thistle within the Circle of St. Andrew,” with the motto “Nemo me impune lacessit”; also “The King’s Cypher and Crown.”
It was commonly known when raised as “The Earl of Mar’s Grey-Breeks,” from the colour of the men’s breeches.
TWENTY-SECOND FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| Colonel the Duke of Norfolk’s Regiment of Foot. 1688 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1688–1751 22nd Foot. 1751–1782 22nd Cheshire. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1688—. | Buff, 1688—. | Boyne, 1690. Aughrim, 1691. Gibraltar, 1727. Louisbourg, 1758. Quebec, 1759. Canada, 1757–1760. Martinique, 1762. Havannah, 1762. Bunker’s Hill, 1775. | Brooklyn, 1776. America, 1775–1779. St. Lucia, 1794. Deig, 1804. Bhurtpore, 1805. Mauritius, 1810. Scinde, 1843. Meeanee, 1843. Hyderabad, 1843. |
The Regiment was raised at Chester.