The first Regiment numbered the 51st was raised in 1745 as “Pepperil’s American Provincials,” made 51st in 1754, and disbanded in 1757.
It was nicknamed “The Kolis” from the initials of its Title received in 1821.
FIFTY-SECOND FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |||
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||||
| 54th Foot. 1755–1757 52nd Foot. 1757–1782 52nd Oxfordshire. 1782–1803 52nd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. 1803—— | Scarlet, 1755—. | Black, 1755–1767. Buff, 1767—. | Lexington, 1775. Bunker’s Hill, 1775. Brooklyn, 1776. Brandywine, 1777. Freehold, 1778. America, 1775–1778. Bangalore, 1791. Savendroog, 1791. Seringapatam, 1792. Pondicherry, 1793. Hindoostan, 1790–1793. Copenhagen, 1807. | Vimiera, 1808. Corunna, 1809. Flushing, 1809. Douro, 1809. Talavera, 1809. Busaco, 1810. Sabugal, 1811. Fuentes d’Onor, 1811. Cuid=ad Rodrigo, 1812. Badajos, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. St. Sebastian, 1813. | Nivelle, 1813. Nive, 1813. Orthes, 1814. Tarbes, 1814. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1808–1814. Waterloo, 1815. Netherlands, 1814–1815. Delhi, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was raised in the south of England.
It received its Title in 1803 on its second Battalion being made the 96th; which was renumbered 95th in 1816, and was disbanded in 1818.
The first Regiment numbered 52nd was raised in 1755, and is now the 50th Queen’s Own.
FIFTY-THIRD FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 55th Foot. 1755–1757 53rd Foot. 1757–1782 53rd Shropshire. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1755—. | Scarlet, 1755—. | America, 1776–1781. Famars, 1793. Nieuport, 1793. Valenciennes, 1793. Tournay, 1794. Nimeguen, 1794. Guildermalsen, 1795. Flanders, 1793–1795. St. Lucia, 1796. Talavera, 1809. Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. | Pyrenees, 1813. Nivelle, 1813. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1809–1814. Aliwal, 1846. Sobraon, 1846. Punjaub, 1848–1849. Goojerat, 1849. Lucknow, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was raised in the south of England.