Note 19 — HISTORICAL RECORD (continued 2)

The origin of the word “Firm” being borne by the Thirty-sixth has not been ascertained with certainty; but it has been supposed that it was adopted in consequence of the expression firmness used in the orders of General the Earl Cornwallis the day after the capture of the important fortress of Bangalore, the details of which are given at page 53; the documents alluded to by Sir George Nayler in the above letter, and on which the regiment was permitted to revive the word “Firm,” are inserted in the Appendix, pages 129, &c.; by these it will be perceived that the word “Firm” must have been adopted by the regiment several years before the capture of Bangalore, which was effected in March 1791.