It was nicknamed “Sankey’s Horse” about 1710 from its Colonel’s name, and from being mounted on mules to expedite its march; also about 1742 “The Green Linnets,” from its pea-green facings.
FORTIETH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| Colonel Richard Philips’s Regiment of Foot. 1717–1751 40th Foot. 1751–1782 40th, Second Somersetshire. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1717—. | Buff, 1717—. | Louisbourg, 1758. Quebec, 1759. Canada, 1757–1760. Martinique, 1762. Havannah, 1762. Brooklyn, 1776. Brandywine, 1777. Germantown, 1777. America, 1776–1778. St. Lucia, 1778. Flanders, 1794–1795. Bergen, 1799. Egmont-op-Zee, 1799. Aboukir, 1801. Mandora, 1801. | Alexandria, 1801. Egypt, 1801. Buenos Ayres, 1806. Monte-Vid=eo, 1807. Roleia, 1808. Vimiera, 1808. Talavera, 1809. Busaco, 1810. Albuera, 1811. Badajos, 1812. Cuid=ad Rodrigo, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. Pyrenees, 1813. St. Sebastian, 1813. | Nivelle, 1813. Nive, 1813. Orthes, 1814. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Waterloo, 1815. Netherlands, 1815. Candahar, 1842. Ghuznee, 1842. Cabool, 1842. Maharajpore, 1843. New Zealand, 1860–1865. |
The Regiment was formed from Independent Companies raised for service in America.
It bears “The Sphinx,” for Egypt, 1801.
It captured four Standards at the battle of Maharajpore, 1843.
It was nicknamed “The Excellers,” from its number XL.
FORTY-FIRST FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| Independent Companies of Invalid=s. 1719–1751 41st Royal Invalid=s. 1751–1787 41st Foot. 1787–1831 41st, The Welsh. 1831—— | Scarlet, 1719—. | Blue, 1719–1787. Scarlet, 1787–1822. White, 1822—. | Detroit, 1812. Queenstown, 1812. Miami, 1813. Niagara, 1813. Ava, 1824–1826. Candahar, 1842. | Ghuznee, 1842. Cabool, 1842. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. |
It bears the “Rose and Thistle within the Garter,” also “The Royal Cypher ensigned with the Imperial Crown,” and the “Plume of the Prince of Wales” with motto “Gwell angau neu Chwilydd,” which it received with its Title in 1831.