It bears “The Royal Tiger” for its services in India from 1805 to 1826.
It was formerly the second Battalion of the 20th Foot, raised in 1756, and retained the facings of that Regiment when made the 67th.
SIXTY-EIGHTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 68th Foot. 1758–1782. 68th Durham. 1782–1812. 68th Durham Light Infantry. 1812—— | Scarlet, 1758—. | Green, 1758—. | Cherbourg, 1758. St. Lucia, 1803. Flushing, 1809. Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. Pyrenees, 1813. Nivelle, 1813. | Orthes, 1814. Peninsula, 1811–1814. Alma, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. New Zealand, 1864–1866. |
It was formerly the second Battalion of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fuziliers, raised in 1756.
It was nicknamed “The Faithful Durhams.”
SIXTY-NINTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 69th Foot. 1758–1782 69th South Lincolnshire. 1782—— | Scarlet, 1758—. | Green, 1758—. | Belle-Isle, 1761. St. Lucia, 1778. Toulon, 1793. Corsica, 1794. St. Vincent, 1797. Helder, 1799. Bergen, 1799. Bourbon, 1809. | Mauritius, 1810. Java, 1811. Bergen-op-Zoom, 1814. Quatre-Bras, 1815. Waterloo, 1815. Netherlands, 1814–1815. India, 1805–1826. |
It was formerly the second Battalion of the 24th Foot, raised in 1756, and retained that Regiment’s facings on being made the 69th.
Nelson called a detachment of the Regiment his “Old Agamemnons” at the naval battle of St. Vincent, 1797.