It bears “The Plume of the Prince of Wales,” also “The Duke of Cambrid=ge’s Coronet and Cypher.”
It was nicknamed “The Pot-Hooks” from the two sevens—its number.
The first Regiment numbered 77th was the 77th Montgomery Highlanders, or First Highland Battalion, raised in 1757. It served in Canada, 1758 to 1760, and at Havannah, 1762, and was disbanded 1763.
The second was the 77th Atholl Highlanders raised in 1778, and disbanded 1783.
SEVENTY-EIGHTH FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 78th Highland (Ross-shire Buffs). 1793—— | Scarlet, 1793—. | Buff, 1793—. | Nimeguen, 1794. Guildermalsen, 1795. Flanders, 1794–1795. Ahmednugger, 1803. Assaye, 1803. Argaum, 1803. Maid=a, 1806. Rosetta, 1807. Egypt, 1807. Java, 1811. | Antwerp, 1814. Netherlands, 1814–1815. Persia, 1856–1857. Kooshab, 1857. Cawnpore, 1857. Lucknow, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was raised at Fort George.
It bears “The Elephant,” which badge was given for its conduct at the battle of Assaye, 1803; and it was also presented by the East India Company with honorary Colours for that action.
Its motto is “Cuid=ich’r Rhi” (or “Help the King” or “He saved the King”) which is the motto of the McKenzies, one of whom saved one of the Kings of Scotland; it is nicknamed from this “The King’s Men.”
The first Regiment numbered 78th was the 78th Fraser’s Highlanders, or Second Highland Battalion, raised in 1757; it served at Louisbourg and Quebec, and was disbanded in 1763.