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UNIFORM.--The 101st (when raised) wore Scarlet with Sky-blue
facings, the latter being changed to Blue in 1846; the 104th have
worn Scarlet with Blue facings throughout.

REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"A Shamrock." "The Royal Tiger."
Also (since territorialisation) "The Arms of Munster." Motto,
"_Spectamur agendo_."

NICKNAMES.--"The Dirty Shirts" (the 101st fought without the
tunic at Delhi in 1857).

NOTES.--The two battalions received their titles in 1846 and
1850, for distinction in the Sutlej and Punjaub Campaigns
respectively; the officers of the 104th being allowed to wear
also a scarlet band in the forage cap for services in India.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_History of the Royal European Regiment, now the
Royal Munster Fusiliers._ By Lieutenant-Colonel P. R. Innes.
Illustrated. [London: Simpkin. 1885.]

The Royal Dublin Fusiliers,

COMPRISING

=1st Batt.= (formerly) The 102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers).
=2nd Batt.= ( " ) The 103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers); with
Militia Battalions.
=3rd Batt.= The Kildare Militia.
=4th Batt.= The Royal Dublin City Militia.
=5th Batt.= The Dublin County Militia.

"_Spectamur Agendo._"

TITLES.

=1st Batt.=

1760-63. The 102nd (Queen's Own Royal Volunteers) Regiment of Foot;
disbanded.
1780-83. The 102nd Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1793-94. The 102nd (Irish) Regiment of Foot; drafted.
1809-16. The 102nd Regiment of Foot; raised in 1798 as the New South
Wales Corps: disbanded in 1818 as the 100th Foot.
1746-1830. The Hon. East India Company's European Regiment.
1830-39. The Hon. East India Company's Madras (European) Regiment.
1839-43. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Madras (European) Regiment.
1843-58. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Madras (European) Fusiliers.
1858-61. The 1st Madras Fusiliers.
1861-81. The 102nd (Royal Madras) Fusiliers.

=2nd Batt.=

1761-63. The 103rd (Volunteer Hunters) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1781-83. The 103rd (King's Irish Infantry) Regiment of Foot; disbanded.
1794-95. The 103rd (Loyal Bristol Volunteers) Regiment of Foot; drafted.
1809-17. The 103rd Regiment of Foot.
1661-68. The Bombay Regiment.
1668-1839. The Hon. East India Company's Bombay (European) Regiment.
1839-44. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Bombay (European) Regiment.
1844-58. The Hon. East India Company's 1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers.
1858-61. The 1st Bombay Fusiliers.
1861-81. The 103rd Royal Bombay Fusiliers.

1881 (from). The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours, the figures showing the Battalion concerned.

*1747-83. Carnatic (2).
*1747-83. Mysore (2).
*1751. Arcot (1).
*1757. Plassey (1 & 2).
*1758. Condore (1).
*1760. Wyndewash (1).
*1764. Buxar (2).
1764. Madras.
1764. Pondicherry.
1767-69. Mysore.
1778-80. Pondicherry.
*1780. Gujerat (1).
1780. Ahmedabad.
*1781. Sholingur (1).
1782. Arnee.
1783. Cuddalore.
1791. Bangalore.
*1791. Nundy-Droog (2).
*1792. Seringapatam (2).
*1793. Pondicherry (1).
*1810. Amboyna (1).
*1810. Ternate (1).
*1810. Banda (1).
*1817. Kirkee (2).
*1817. Maheidpore (1).
1819. Asseerghur.
*1821. Beni-Boo-Ally (2).
*1824. Ava (1).
*1839. Aden (2).
*1848-49. Punjaub (2).
*1849. Mooltan (2).
*1849. Gujerat (2).
*1852-53. Pegu (2).
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
1857. Cawnpore.
*1857. Lucknow (1).
1900. South Africa.

UNIFORM.--1st Batt., Scarlet with Buff facings when raised,
but the facings frequently changed--Blue, French Grey, White,
and Blue; they are now (1900) Blue. 2nd Batt., when raised in
1661, the Sea-Green facings to the Scarlet uniform were adopted
in compliment to Catherine of Braganza (Queen of Charles II.),
Bombay being part of her dowry, and sea-green her favourite
colour. The uniform and facings are now Scarlet and Blue.

REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Royal Tiger" (for Nundy-Droog
in 1791), "The Elephant" (for Mysore), also (since 1881) "The
Arms of the City of Dublin." Motto, "_Spectamur agendo_" (this
for services under Lord Clive).

NICKNAMES.--"The Lambs" (of the 102nd Foot), "The Old Toughs"
(for long and arduous service of the 103rd in India).

The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own),

COMPRISING

=4 Batts.=, with Militia Battalions.

=5th Batt.= The Queen's Own Royal Tower Hamlets Militia.
=6th Batt.= The Royal Longford and West Meath Militia.
=7th Batt.= The King's Own Royal Tower Hamlets Militia.

TITLES.

1800-2. The Corps of Riflemen; also Manningham's Sharpshooters.
1802-16. The 95th (Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot.
1816-62. The Rifle Brigade.
1862-81. The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade.
1881 (from). The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own).

PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" inscribed on the Pouch, &c.

*1801. Copenhagen.
1806. Buenos Ayres.
*1807. Monte Video.
1807. Copenhagen.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1808. Roleia.
*1808. Vimiera.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
*1810. Busaco.
*1811. Barrossa.
1811. Sabugal.
*1811. Fuentes d'Onor.
1811. Tarifa.
*1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
*1812. Badajos.
*1812. Salamanca.
*1813. Vittoria.
1813. St. Sebastian.
*1813. Nivelle.
*1813. Nive.
*1814. Orthes.
1814. Tarbes.
*1814. Toulouse.
1814. Antwerp.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1815. New Orleans.
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo.
*1846-53. South Africa (2 Honours).
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1858. Lucknow.
*1874. Ashantee.
*1878-79. Afghanistan.
*1878. Ali Masjid.
*1885-87. Burma.
*1899. Khartoum.
1900. South Africa.

UNIFORM.--Green faced with Black (from formation).

REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--None given in _Army List_. On
appointments appear "A Maltese Cross," surmounted by "A Crown."
Previous to 1830 a figure of "Fame" surmounted the Cross. At one
time the badge was "A Bugle Horn."

NICKNAME.--"The Sweeps" (from its facings).

NOTES.--Formed in 1800 by detachments from various regiments.
As King William IV. remarked, "What more can be said of you,
Riflemen, than that wherever there has been fighting there you
have been, and wherever you have been you have distinguished
yourselves?"

BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_History of The Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own). Formerly The 95th._ By Sir William H. Cope, Bart.
Illustrated. [London: Chatto and Windus. 1877.]

The West India Regiment,

COMPRISING

=1st Batt.= (formerly) Malcolm's Black Rangers: originally The
Carolina Black Corps.
=2nd Batt.= ( " ) The St. Vincent's Black Rangers.
=3rd Batt.= Authorised.

PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours.

1779. Savannah.
1780. Charlestown.
1781. Hobkirk's Hill.
1781. Entaw Springs.
1794. Martinique.
1794. Guadaloupe.
1795. St. Lucia.
1795. St. Vincent.
1796. St. Lucia.
*1805. Dominica.
*1809. Martinique.
1809. San Domingo.
*1810. Guadaloupe.
1815. New Orleans.
1815. Mobile.
1823. Mahaica.
1848. Coomassie.
1853-54. Christenbourg.
1853-55. Sabbajee.
1864. Ashantee.
1865. Jamaica.
1872. Orange Walk.
1873-74. Ashantee.
*1887, 1892-4. West Africa.

UNIFORM.--Zouave dress, Scarlet with White facings.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_A History of The 1st West India Regiment._ By
Major A. B. Ellis. [London. 1885.]

The Royal Marines,

COMPRISING

Royal Marine Artillery; and Royal Marine Light Infantry.

TITLES.

1664-89. The Lord Admiral's (H.R.H. The Duke of York and Albany's)
Maritime Regiment; also ranked as The 3rd Foot: drafted into
The Coldstreams.
1694-97. Maritime Regiments: several raised and disbanded.
1702-13. Maritime Regiments: six raised, of which three were disbanded,
the rest being now represented by The 1st Batt. East Lancashire,
The 1st East Surrey, and The 1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry;
at the same time other regiments were placed on the Marine
Establishment for sea-service--these regiments are now represented
by The 2nd Gloucester Regiment, The Yorkshire, The Lancashire
Fusiliers, The 1st Border, The 1st Royal Sussex, and The 2nd
Worcester.
1740-48. Marine Regiments: ten raised and disbanded.
1755-1802. Marines: 50 Companies permanently established.
1802 (from). Royal Marines.

PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

[It is impossible to instance more than the most distinguished
of the varied services of this branch of the Army. Reference
should also be made to the Regimental Records of Corps specially
mentioned as having at one time served as Marines.]

1705. Gibraltar.
1706. Spain.
1708. Minorca.
1708. Nice.
1708. Ostend.
1708. Sardinia.
1709. Nova Scotia.
1709. West Indies.
1709. Dunkirk.
1741. Carthagena.
1746. Culloden.
1747-8. Aria-Coupang.
1747-8. Pondicherry.
1747-8. Coromandel Coast.
1758. Louisbourg.
1761. Belle Isle.
1762. Manilla.
1762. Havannah.
1775. America.
1775. Bunker's Hill.
1783. Gibraltar.
1797. St. Vincent.
1797. Camperdown.
1801. Copenhagen.
1801. Egypt.
1801. Teneriffe.
1801. Acre.
1801. Elba.
1805. Trafalgar.
1807. Copenhagen.
1807. Dardanelles.
1808-14. Peninsula.
1809. Flushing.
1811. Cape Lissa.
1812-15. America.
1836-38. Spain.
1840. Syria.
1840-1. Egypt.
1840-2. China.
1845-9. New Zealand.
1851-3. Burma.
1855. Baltic.
1855. Sevastopol.
1858. Lucknow.
1860. China.
1868. Abyssinia.
1874. Ashantee.
1882. Egypt.
1884. Nile.
1884-5. Egypt.
1884-90. Zululand.
1887, 1892-4. West Africa.
1900. South Africa.
&c., &c., &c.

UNIFORM.--Scarlet with Yellow facings (1664); Red Waterman's
Frocks with bright Yellow facings (1702); the 1740-48 contingents
wore the usual Red Waterman's frock with different facings and
cloth caps for each regiment:--1st Regiment, Yellow; 2nd, Green;
3rd, Yellow; 4th, White; 5th, Yellow; 6th, Green; 7th, White;
8th, Yellow; 9th, Buff; 10th, Yellow. From 1755 to 1802 a Scarlet
Uniform with White facings was worn, the facings being changed to
Blue in 1802. At the present time the Royal Marine Artillery wear
Blue with Scarlet facings, and the Royal Marine Light Infantry
Scarlet with Blue facings.

REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--"The Globe" with the Motto, "_Per
Mare, per Terram_." "The Crown--the Anchor and Laurel"--Her
Majesty's Cypher, with the word "Gibraltar" (the latter for
services at the various sieges).

NICKNAMES.--"The Little Grenadiers" (at Belle Isle the Corps
wore the old-fashioned Grenadier caps of the earlier maritime
regiments). "The Jollies." "The Globe Rangers." "Neptune's
Bodyguard." "The Admiral's Regiment."

NOTES.--The Royal Marines rank next to The Berkshire Regiment.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Records of The Royal Marines._
Compiled and edited by Major L. Edye, R.M.L.I., Barrister-at-Law.
Vol. I. 1664-1701. [London: Harrison. 1893.]

_Historical Review of the Royal Marine Corps._ By Captain
Gillespie. [London: 1803.]

_Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces._ By Colonel
Nichols. [London: 1845.]

VI.

THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS.

The Army Service Corps.

TITLES.

1794. Corps of Royal Waggoners; disbanded shortly after.
1801-33. The Royal Waggon Train; disbanded.
1855-57. Land Transport Corps; disbanded.
1857-70. The Military Train.
1870-75. The Control Department.
1875-80. The Commissariat and Transport Department.
1880-88. The Commissariat and Transport Staff.
1888 (from). The Army Service Corps.

SERVICES.--These are obviously to be found in English Military
History passim.

UNIFORM.--Blue with White facings.

BADGE.--_See_ above.

NICKNAMES.--"The London Thieving Corps" (_i.e._, the initials of
the Land Transport Corps of 1855-57). "The Moke (or Muck) Train,"
or "The Murdering Thieves" (the initials of The Military Train of
1857-70); the first of the two because horses were exchanged for
Spanish mules.

VII.

THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE ARMY.

The Chaplain's Department.

Motto: "In This Conquer."

UNIFORM.--As per _Regulations_, but seldom worn except on active
service.

NOTES.--Chaplains first received commissions in 1662. The present
Chaplain's Department was formed in 1858. The "relative rank" is--

Chaplain General to the Forces, as Major-General.
Chaplains of the First Class, as Colonels.
Chaplains of the Second Class, as Lieutenant-Colonels.
Chaplains of the Third Class, as Majors.
Chaplains of the Fourth Class, as Captains.

The Royal Army Medical Corps.

UNIFORM.--Blue with dull cherry facings.

BADGE.--_See_ above.

NICKNAMES.--"The Licensed Lancers," "The Poultice Wollopers,"
"The Linseed Lancers," "The Pills."

NOTES.--The Army Medical Staff was organised in 1873.

The Ordnance Store Department and Ordnance Store Corps.

TITLES.

The Military Store Staff Corps.
The Ordnance Store Corps.

UNIFORM.--Blue with Scarlet facings and edgings.

BADGE.--The Royal Crest within a Garter, bearing the word
"Ordnance."

NICKNAME.--"The Sugar Stick Brigade" (from the trimming on
uniform).

NOTES.--The present department dates from 1875.

The Army Pay Department.

UNIFORM.--Blue with Yellow facings.

BADGE.--On the pouches appears "The Royal Cypher and Crown."

NOTES.--Instituted in 1878.

The Army Veterinary Department.

UNIFORM.--Blue with Maroon velvet facings.

BADGE.--_See_ above.

NOTES.--Instituted in 1881.