Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of Foot / Containing an Account of the Origin of the Regiment in the Reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846

Chapter 1: HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE FIRST, OR ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT: CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE REGIMENT IN THE REIGN OF KING JAMES VI. OF SCOTLAND, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES To 1846.

By Richard Cannon

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The volume assembles a regiment's institutional record from its original formation through subsequent deployments and engagements, detailing stations, battles, sieges, and trophies taken. It lists officers, non-commissioned men, and privates killed or wounded in action and records awards, badges, and other marks of distinction granted over time. Prefatory material explains the official commissioning of these annals and argues for their value in fostering esprit de corps. Chronological narrative and documentary appendices combine campaign accounts, biographical sketches of senior officers, and reference material intended for military and general readers.

HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE FIRST,
OR
ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT:
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF
THE ORIGIN OF THE REGIMENT
IN THE REIGN OF
KING JAMES VI. OF SCOTLAND,
AND
OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
To 1846.

COMPILED BY

RICHARD CANNON, Esq.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.

LONDON:

PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,

30, CHARING CROSS.

M DCCC XLVII.

London:—Printed by W. Clowes & Sons, Duke Street, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

THE FIRST,

THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT

Bears on its Colours, as a Regimental Badge,

THE ROYAL CIPHER WITHIN THE CIRCLE OF ST. ANDREW, SURMOUNTED WITH A CROWN.

In the corners of the second Colour

THE THISTLE AND CROWN,

WITH THE MOTTO

"NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT":

ALSO THE

SPHYNX,

AND THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTIONS:—

"EGMONT-OP-ZEE,"—"ST. LUCIA,"—"EGYPT,"—"CORUNNA,"—"BUSACO,"—"SALAMANCA,"—"VITTORIA,"—"ST. SEBASTIAN,"—"NIVE,"—"PENINSULA,"— "NIAGARA,"—"WATERLOO,"— "NAGPORE,"—"MAHEIDPOOR,"—"AVA."