BRITISH INFANTRY REGIMENTS
No. | Designation | Facings | Officers Lace |
1 | Regiment of Foot Guards | Blue | Gold |
2 | Coldstream Guards | Blue | G |
3 | Regiment of Foot Guards | Blue | G |
Line Regiments | |||
1 | Royal Scots | Blue | G |
2 | Queens Royal Regt | Blue | Silver |
3 | East Kent (The Buffs) | Buff | S |
4 | Kings Own | Blue | G |
5 | Northumberland | Gosling Green | S |
6 | 1st Warwickshire | Yellow | S |
7 | Royal Fuzileers | Blue | G |
8 | Kings Regt | Blue | G |
9 | East Norfolk | Yellow | S |
10 | North Lincolnshire | Yellow | S |
11 | North Devonshire | Deep Green | G |
12 | East Suffolk | Yellow | G |
13 | 1st Somersetshire | Yellow | S |
14 | Buckinghamshire | Buff | S |
15 | Yorkshire (East Riding) | Yellow | S |
16 | Bedfordshire | Yellow | S |
17 | Leicestershire | White | S |
18 | Royal Irish | Blue | G |
19 | 1st Yorkshire (North Riding) | Green | G |
20 | East Devonshire | Yellow | S |
21 | Royal North British Fuzileers | Blue | G |
22 | Cheshire | Buff | G |
23 | Royal Welsh Fuzileers | Blue | G |
24 | Warwickshire | Green | S |
25 | Kings Own Borderers | Blue | G |
26 | Cameronian | Yellow | S |
27 | Inniskilling | Buff | G |
28 | North Gloucestershire | Yellow | S |
29 | Worcestershire | Yellow | S |
30 | Cambridgeshire | Yellow | S |
31 | Huntingdonshire | Buff | S |
32 | Cornwall | White | G |
33 | 1st Yorkshire (West Riding) | Red | S |
34 | Cumberland | Yellow | S |
35 | Sussex | Orange | S |
36 | Herefordshire | Gosling Green | G |
37 | North Hampshire | Yellow | S |
38 | 1st Staffordshire | Yellow | S |
39 | Dorsetshire | Pea Green | G |
40 | 2nd Somersetshire | Buff | G |
41 | Red | S | |
42 | Royal Highland (Black Watch) | Blue | G |
44 | East Essex | Yellow | S |
45 | Nottinghamshire | Dark Green | S |
46 | South Devonshire | Pale Yellow | S |
47 | Lancashire | White | S |
48 | Northamptonshire | Buff | G |
49 | Hertfordshire | Green | G |
50 | West Kent | Black | S |
53 | Shropshire | Red | G |
54 | West Norfolk | Green | S |
55 | Westmoreland | Green | G |
56 | West Essex | Purple | S |
57 | West Middlesex | Yellow | G |
58 | Rutlandshire | Black | G |
59 | 2nd Nottinghamshire | White | G |
61 | South Gloucestershire | Buff | S |
62 | Wiltshire | Buff | S |
63 | West Suffolk | Dark Green | S |
64 | 2nd Staffordshire | Black | G |
65 | 2nd Yorkshire (North Riding) | White | G |
66 | Berkshire | Green | G |
67 | South Hampshire | Yellow | S |
69 | South Lincolnshire | Green | G |
70 | Glasgow Lowland | Black | G |
72 | Highland | Yellow | S |
73 | Highland | Dark Green | G |
74 | Highland | White | G |
75 | Highland | Yellow | S |
76 | Red | S | |
77 | East Middlesex | Yellow | S |
78 | Highland (The Rosshire Buffs) | Buff | G |
79 | Cameron Highlanders | Dark Green | G |
80 | Staffordshire Volunteers | Yellow | G |
81 | Buff | S | |
82 | Prince of Wales Volunteers | Yellow | S |
83 | Yellow | G | |
84 | York and Lancaster | Yellow | S |
86 | Royal County Down | Blue | S |
87 | Prince of Wales Own Irish | Green | G |
88 | Connaught Rangers | Yellow | S |
89 | Black | G | |
90 | Perthshire Volunteers | Buff | G |
91 | Yellow | S | |
92 | Gordon Highlanders | Yellow | S |
93 | Yellow | S | |
94 | Green | G | |
96 | Buff | S | |
97 | Queens Own | Blue | S |
98 | Buff | S | |
99 | Prince of Wales Tipperary | Pale Yellow | S |
100 | HRH Prince Regents County of Dublin | Deep Green | S |
101 | Duke of Yorks Irish | White | S |
102 | Yellow | S | |
103 | White | S | |
104 | Buff | S | |
Kings German Legion | Blue | G | |
Light Infantry | |||
43 | Monmouthshire | White | S |
51 | 2nd Yorkshire (West Riding) | Grass Green | G |
52 | Oxfordshire | Buff | S |
68 | Durham | Bottle Green | S |
71 | Highland Light Infantry | Buff | S |
85 | Bucks Volunteers | Yellow | S |
Rifles | |||
60 | Royal American (5th Battalion only) | Blue | S |
95 | Black | ||
1st | KGL Light | Dark Green | |
2nd | KGL Light | Dark Green |
Notes:
Facings = collar and cuffs
Other ranks lace of all regiments (except Rifles) = white
71st - 75th Highland Regts did not wear kilts. They wore the usual British Line infantry uniform. Note that the 71st wore a band of Highland dicing on their shakos.
Rifle Regiments wore a dark green jacket with standard grey trousers (overalls).
Sources: Historical Uniforms Liliane and Fred Funcken
Wellingtons Infantry (2) Osprey Bryan Fosten
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