BY COMMAND OF His late Majesty WILLIAM THE IV^TH.
and under the Patronage of
Her Majesty the Queen.

HISTORICAL RECORDS,
OF THE
British Army
Comprising the
History of every Regiment
IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE.
By Richard Cannon Esq^re.
Adjutant Generals Office, Horse Guards.
London
Printed by Authority:

HISTORICAL RECORD

OF

THE FOURTEENTH,

OR,

THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE REGIMENT

OF

FOOT:

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF

THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
IN 1685,

AND OF

ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
TO 1845.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.

LONDON:

PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER,

MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL.

M.DCCC.XLV.

London:
Harrison and Co., Printers,
St. Martin's Lane.

THE FOURTEENTH,

OR

THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

REGIMENT OF FOOT,

BEARS ON ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR,

"TOURNAY"—"CORUNNA"—"WATERLOO"—
"JAVA"—"BHURTPORE,"

AND

THE ROYAL TIGER SUPERSCRIBED "INDIA,"

IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES ON THE
CONTINENT OF EUROPE, AND IN THE EAST INDIES.

The Regiment also bears on the Caps of the Grenadiers and Drummers,
The White Horse, with the motto Nec aspera terrent.

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