In 1797 it received a fifth Battalion, which was dressed in green and called “The Rifle Battalion” from being armed with Rifles.
The first Regiment numbered the 60th was raised in 1755, and is now the 58th Rutlandshire.
SIXTY-FIRST FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 61st Foot. 1758–1782 61st South Gloucestershire. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1758—. | Buff, 1758—. | Guadaloupe, 1759. Belle Isle, 1761. Minorca, 1782. St. Lucia, 1796. Egypt, 1801. Maid=a, 1806. Talavera, 1809. Salamanca, 1812. Pyrenees, 1813. Nivelle, 1813. | Orthes, 1814. Nive, 1813. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1809–1814. Punjaub, 1848–1849. Chillianwallah, 1849. Goojerat, 1849. Delhi, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
It was formerly the second Battalion of the 3rd Buffs, raised in 1756, and on being made the 61st retained its buff facings.
It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
The first Regiment numbered the 61st was raised in 1755, and is now the 59th Second Nottinghamshire.
SIXTY-SECOND FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 62nd Foot. 1758–1782 62nd Wiltshire. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1758—. | Buff, 1758—. | Stillwater, 1777. America, 1776–1780. Scylla, 1809. Nive, 1813. | Peninsula, 1813–1814. Ferozeshah, 1845. Sobraon, 1846. Sevastopol, 1855. |
It was formerly the second Battalion of the 4th King’s Own, raised in 1756.