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6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot |
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1667.06.13 |
Sir Walter Vane's Regiment of Foot |
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disbanded |
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1673.12.12 |
Sir Walter Vane's Regiment of Foot
raised at Bois-le-Duc from Irish troops for Dutch service; also known until 1751 by the names of other colonels |
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1685 |
transferred to English Establishment |
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1747 |
ranked as 6th Foot |
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1751.07.01 |
6th Regiment of Foot |
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1782.08.31 |
6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot |
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1832.06.15 |
6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot |
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1881.07.01 |
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
reorganised as the county regiment of Warwickshire, encompassing also its Militia and Volunteer infantry |
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BATTLE HONOURS LINKS ARE INOPERATIVE
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Namur 1695, Martinique 1794, Rolica, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Peninsula, Niagara,
South Africa 1846-7, 1851-2-3, Atbara, Khartoum
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Badges: |
The antelope badge was authorised in 1743 for the capture of Moorish standards at Saragosa in 1701, one of which had an antelope device. |
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Uniform: |
coat: scarlet, lapels and cuffs: deep yellow, turnbacks: deep yellow, lacings: white with two intertwined red zigzags |
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1667.06.13 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Walter Vane [killed at Seneffe] [also 3rd Foot] |
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1674.08.16 |
Brig-Gen. Luke Lillingston [also 38th Foot] |
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1675.09.13 |
Col. Thomas Ashley |
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1678.04.03 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Bellasis [also
2nd Foot, 22nd Foot] |
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1688.04.07 |
Col. Philip Babington |
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1691.04.15 |
Maj-Gen. Georg, Prince of Hesse Darmstadt |
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1694.02.01 |
Col. Henry (de Caumont), Marquess de Rada |
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1695.06.23 |
Col. Ventris Columbine |
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1703.11.02 |
Col. James Rivers |
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1706.02.06 |
Col. William Southwell |
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1708.06.14 |
Col. Thomas Harrison |
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1716.03.07 |
Col. Robert Dormer |
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1720.04.09 |
Lt-Gen. James Dormer [also 1st Tp Horse Gren Gds, 14th Dgns, Dormer's Foot] |
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1738.11.01 |
Gen. John Guise |
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1765.06.14 |
Lt-Gen. William Rufane [also 76th Foot [1756-63] |
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1773.02.19 |
Lt-Gen. John Gore [also
61st Foot] |
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1773.11.18 |
Gen. Sir William Boothby, Bt [also 50th Foot, 63rd Foot] |
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1787.04.18 |
Lt-Gen. Lancelot Baugh [also
58th Foot] |
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1792.04.26 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby, KB [also 7th Dgn Gds, 2nd Dgns, 69th Foot, 103rd Foot (Irish) [1781-84, 1806-17] |
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1795.11.04 |
F.M. HRH William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester Edinburgh, KG, GCB, GCH [also 115th Foot (Irish) [1761-63, 1794-95] |
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1806.05.26 |
F.M. Sir George Nugent, Bt, GCB [also 62nd Foot, 85th Foot] |
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1849.03.28 |
Lt-Gen. Sir John Gardiner, KCB [also 50th Foot, 61st Foot] |
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1851.06.25 |
Gen. Henry James Riddell, KH |
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1861.03.09 |
Gen. Sir Charles Stephen Gore, GCB, KH [also
91st Foot] |
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1869.09.05 |
Gen. John ffolliott Crofton [also
95th Foot] |
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Mottos: |
Hon Soit Qui Mal y Pense |
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Nicknames: |
The Dutch Guards, Guise's Geese, The Saucy Sixth |
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Marches: |
Warwickshire Lads,The British Grenadiers, MacBeans Slow March |
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Mascot: |
Indian black buck antelope: "Bobby", adopted while serving India in 1871 to complement the regimental badge. The regiment's last was a 9-day old Indian blackbuck antelope presented 8 Aug. 1967 by the London Zoo. The tradition is continued by The Royal Regt of Fusiliers |
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