EIGHTY-SECOND FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 82nd, The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers. 1793—— | Scarlet, 1793—. | Yellow, 1793—. | Copenhagen, 1807. Roleia, 1808. Vimiera, 1808. Corunna, 1809. Flushing, 1809. Talavera, 1809. Barrossa, 1811. Tarifa, 1811. Vittoria, 1813. Maya, 1813. | Pyrenees, 1813. Nivelle, 1813. Orthes, 1814. Peninsula, 1808–1809. Do., 1811–1814. Niagara, 1814. Sevastopol, 1855. Lucknow, 1857. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was chiefly raised in Yorkshire and adjoining counties.
It received its Title and Badge of the Plume of the Prince of Wales when raised at the request of its Colonel, who was a gentleman of the Prince of Wales’s household.
The first Regiment numbered the 82nd was the 82nd Invalid=s, made the 72nd in 1763, and formed into Independent Companies in 1769.
The second was the 82nd Duke of Hamilton’s, raised in 1778, and disbanded in 1783.
EIGHTY-THIRD FOOT.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| 83rd Foot. 1793–1859 83rd County of Dublin. 1859—— | Scarlet, 1793—. | Yellow, 1793—. | Cape of Good Hope, 1806. Talavera, 1809. Busaco, 1810. Fuentes d’Onor, 1811. El-Bodon, 1811. Cuid=ad Rodrigo, 1812. Badajos, 1812. | Salamanca, 1812. Vittoria, 1813. Nivelle, 1813. Orthes, 1814. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1809–1814. Central India, 1858. Indian Mutiny, 1858. |
The Regiment is said= to have been raised in Ireland.
It was nicknamed “Fitch’s Grenadiers” from the small men and its first Colonel’s name.