  No regiment has earned a prouder title than the Durhams, that of "The Faithful Durhams" having been bestowed for devoted service on many a hard won battlefield and for years of arduous service faithfully performed. The 1st Battalion (68th Foot) was raised in 1756 by General John Lambton of the Coldstream Guards, and was soon on active service on the Continent, followed by active service in the West Indies. For nine years, the 68th garrisoned Gibraltar, and afterwards took part in the capture of St. Lucia, 1795, and St. Vincent. In the Peninsula, it added to its already high reputation, which it has since so well enhanced on the Continent. The 2nd Battalion (106th Foot) was raised in India in 1826 by the East India Company as the 2nd Bombay European Regiment, serving with credit in many actions in India and Persia, coming to England for the first time in 1871. Nickname: "The Faithful Durhams." (Depot, Hamilton.) (Record Office, Hamilton.) The Castle and Key, superscribed "Gibraltar, 1780-83." "Carnatic," "Hindoostan," "Sholinghur," "Mysore," "Seringapatam," "Cape of Good Hope, 1806," "RoliÇa," "Vimiera," "Corunna," "Busaco," "Fuentes d'Onor," "Ciudad Rodrigo," "Badajoz," "Almaraz," "Salamanca," "Vittoria," "Pyrenees," "Nivelle," "Nive," "Orthes," "Toulouse," "Peninsula," "Waterloo," "South Africa, 1851-2-3," "Sevastopol," "Central India," "Tel-el-Kebir," "Egypt, 1882," "Modder River," "South Africa, 1899-1902." Uniform, Scarlet doublet with Mackenzie tartan trews. Facings, Buff. Head-dress, Blue chaco with green tuft and crimson, white and green diced border. Band, Feather bonnet with green, crimson and white diced border, and scarlet hackle. Cap, Green Glengarry. Regimental March, "Whistle o'er the lave o't." |
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