HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE EIGHTY-SIXTH, OR THE ROYAL COUNTY DOWN REGIMENT OF FOOT:

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF

THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1793,

AND OF

ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1842.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

M.DCCC.XLII.

London: Harrison and Co., Printers, St. Martin’s Lane.

THE EIGHTY-SIXTH,

OR

THE ROYAL COUNTY DOWN REGIMENT OF

FOOT,

BEARS ON ITS COLOURS AND APPOINTMENTS THE

“HARP AND CROWN”

WITH THE MOTTO

“QUIS SEPARABIT?”

ALSO THE

“SPHINX,” WITH THE WORDS “EGYPT,” “INDIA,” “BOURBON;”

AND ON THE BUTTONS THE

“IRISH HARP AND CROWN.”