  Raised in 1702, and within a year was in Holland, and bore a gallant part in Marlborough's campaigns. Few regiments can show a more eventful record of service during the whole of its career, and it has won fame in all parts of the world. The 37th is one of the six British infantry regiments which fought at the battle of Minden, 1st August, 1759; still commemorated in the regiment by the wearing of roses on the anniversary. The 2nd Battalion (67th Foot) was raised in 1756 and after arduous service in the West Indies, the Peninsula, and elsewhere it went to India, where it served for twenty-one years and bore a distinguished part in the capture, after a siege of eleven days, of the fortress of Asseerghur, regarded as the Gibraltar of the East. For its gallantry in India the crest of the Royal Tiger was bestowed. In subsequent service in the East the 67th took part in the attack on the Taku Forts, where four Victoria Crosses were won by Hampshire men. Nickname: "The Hampshire Tigers." (Depot, Lichfield.) (Record Office, Lichfield.) The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt." "Guadaloupe, 1759," "Martinique, 1762," "Monte Video," "RoliÇa," "Vimiera," "Corunna," "Busaco," "Badajoz," "Salamanca," "Vittoria," "St. Sebastian," "Nive," "Peninsula," "Ava," "Moodkee," "Ferozeshah," "Sobraon," "Pegu," "Alma," "Inkerman," "Sevastopol," "Lucknow," "Central India," "South Africa, 1878-79," "Egypt, 1882," "Kirbekan," "Nile, 1884-85," "South Africa, 1900-02." Uniform, Scarlet. Facings, White. Head-dress, Helmet. Cap, Blue. Regimental March, "Come, Lassies and Lads." |
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