HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SECOND, OR QUEEN'S ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT;

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN THE YEAR 1661, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1837.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY CLOWES AND SONS, 14, CHARING CROSS.

MDCCCXXXVIII.

SECOND (THE QUEEN'S ROYAL) REGIMENT OF FOOT.

THE SECOND,

OR

QUEEN'S ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT,

BEARS IN THE CENTRE OF EACH COLOUR

THE QUEEN'S CYPHER

ON A

RED GROUND WITHIN THE GARTER, AND CROWN OVER IT;

ALSO THE FOLLOWING DISTINCTIONS,

Egypt, with the Sphynx—Vimiera—Corunna—Salamanca—Vittoria—Pyrenees—Nivelle—Toulouse—and Peninsula.

IN THE DEXTER CANTON OF THE SECOND COLOUR

THE UNION:

IN THE THREE OTHER CORNERS

THE PASCHAL LAMB;

WITH THE MOTTOES

Pristinæ Virtutis Memor, and Vel Exuviæ Triumphant,

AND THE DISTINCTIONS ABOVE SPECIFIED.