HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SIXTY-FIRST, OR THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT:

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF

THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1758,

AND OF

ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1844.

ILLUSTRATED WITH A PLATE OF THE COLOURS AND UNIFORM.

LONDON:

PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER,

MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL.

M.DCCC.XLIV.

LONDON: HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE.

THE SIXTY-FIRST,

OR, THE

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT

OF

FOOT,

BEARS ON ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE WORD

“EGYPT,”

WITH THE SPHINX:

ALSO THE WORDS

“TALAVERA,” “SALAMANCA,” “PYRENEES,” “NIVELLE,” “NIVE,” “ORTHES,” “TOULOUSE,” “PENINSULA,”

TO COMMEMORATE ITS HEROIC CONDUCT IN THESE ACTIONS.

THE FLANK COMPANIES

ALSO BEAR ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS THE WORD

“MAIDA,”

IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY AT THE BATTLE OF MAIDA ON THE 4TH OF JULY, 1806.