The regimental records of the British Army . Tel-el-Kebir. 1884-5. Khartoum. 3 Uniform.—Scarlet (from 1690). Facings, Sea-green (1660 to 1690-1742) in honourof Queen Catherine ; blue (since 1742). Plume, White. Reglmental Badge.— The Royal Arms. Nickname.—(See note under The First Life (iuards.) —Similar in origin to The First Life (kiards, and composed of Cavalierswho, having served under Charles L, lied at his death, entering the Spanish,service as His Royal Highness The Duke of Yorks Troop of Guards. In,1659 (when peace was declared) they retired to the Netherla
The regimental records of the British Army . Tel-el-Kebir. 1884-5. Khartoum. 3 Uniform.—Scarlet (from 1690). Facings, Sea-green (1660 to 1690-1742) in honourof Queen Catherine ; blue (since 1742). Plume, White. Reglmental Badge.— The Royal Arms. Nickname.—(See note under The First Life (iuards.) —Similar in origin to The First Life (kiards, and composed of Cavalierswho, having served under Charles L, lied at his death, entering the Spanish,service as His Royal Highness The Duke of Yorks Troop of Guards. In,1659 (when peace was declared) they retired to the Netherlands until reorganisedby Charles H. in 1660 as The Third Troop of Life Guards. In 1670 itbecame The Second Troop, and was dishandecl in 1746. Cuirasses were wornfrom 1660 to 1698, and were resumed in 1821. Bibliography.—Historical Record of ih: Life Guards. Containing an Account ofthe Formation of the Corps in the year 1660, and of its Subsequent Services to-1835. [London: Clowes, 1836.] B 2 Z\K IRo^al IboiTiC 6uar^i5 (Zbc Bluc6)». Thk Royal Arms. TITLES. 1661-87. ^l^s Royal Regiment of Horse. 1687-1750. The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. 1750-1819. The Royal Horse Guards Blue. 1819 (from). The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &:c. Honours on the Colours. 1685. Sedgemoor. 1761. Kirk Denkern 1689-90. Flanders. 1762. Wilhelmstahl. 1689. Walcourt. 1690. Aughrim. ?I74j2-^5^ Flanders. 1794-95. Peninsula. r743r J3ettingen. 1813. Vittoria. Fontenoy.,1758-62. Germany. ?•1815. Netherlands. 1759. Minden. 1760. Warbourg. ???1882. Tel-el-Kebir. 1884-85. Nile. 5 Uniform.—Blue with Scurlcl facings (from 1661). riume, Red. Regimkxtal Badgk—The Royal Arms. Nicknames.—(i) The Oxford Blues, crar 1690, from its Colonels name, the Earl ofOxford, and in distinction to a blue habited Dutch Regiment commanded bythe Earl of Portland: (2) The Blue Ckiards (1742-
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