FORTY-FOURTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| Colonel James Long’s Regiment of Foot. 1741–1743 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1743–1751 44th Foot. 1751–1782 44th East Essex. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1741—. | Yellow, 1741—. | Ticonderoga, 1758. Louisbourg, 1758. Canada, 1755–1760. Brooklyn, 1776. Brandywine, 1777. Germantown, 1777. Freehold, 1778. America, 1775–1780. Martinique, 1794. St. Lucia, 1794. Guadaloupe, 1794. Flanders, 1794–1795. | St. Lucia, 1796. Mandora, 1801. Alexandria, 1801. Egypt, 1801. Ionian Islands, 1809. Matagorda, 1810. Badajos, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. Burgos, 1812. Peninsula, 1810–1813. Bladensburg, 1814. Baltimore, 1814. | New Orleans, 1814. Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814. Antwerp, 1814. Quatre-Bras, 1815. Waterloo, 1815. Netherlands, 1814–15. Ava, 1824–1826. Cabool, 1841–1842. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. Taku Forts, 1860. |
The Regiment was raised in the southern counties of England.
It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
It captured the Eagle of the 62nd French Infantry at Salamanca.
It is nicknamed “The Two Fours” from its number; also “The Little Fighting Fours,” from its being a hard-fighting Regiment, and the men of small stature.
FORTY-FIFTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| Colonel Daniel Houghton’s Regiment of Foot. 1741–1745 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1745–1751 45th Foot. 1751–1782 45th Nottinghamshire. 1782–1866 45th Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Foresters). 1866—— | Scarlet, 1741—. | Green, 1741—. | Louisbourg, 1758. Quebec, 1759. Canada, 1757–1760. Brooklyn, 1776. Brunx, 1776. America, 1775–1778. Buenos Ayres, 1806. Monte-Vid=eo, 1807. Roleia, 1808. Vimiera, 1808. Talavera, 1809. Busaco, 1810. Fuentes-d’Onor, 1811. Cuid=ad Rodrigo, 1812. | Badajos, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. Pyrenees, 1813. Nivelle, 1813. Orthes, 1814. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Ava, 1824–1826. Cape of Good Hope, 1846–1847. Cape of Good Hope, 1852–1853. Abyssinia, 1868. |
The Regiment was raised in Nottinghamshire and adjoining counties.
It captured the French flag on the citadel at the storming of Badajos, 1812.