HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE SIXTY-SEVENTH,
OR
THE SOUTH HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT,

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
IN 1758,

AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
TO 1849.

COMPILED BY

RICHARD CANNON, Esq.,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.

LONDON:

PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,

30, CHARING-CROSS.

MDCCCXLIX.

London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

THE SIXTY-SEVENTH,

OR

THE SOUTH HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT,

BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE FIGURE OF THE

"ROYAL TIGER,"

WITH THE WORD "INDIA" SUPERSCRIBED, IN COMMEMORATION OF
ITS SERVICES IN INDIA FROM 1805 TO 1826;

ALSO THE WORD

"BARROSA,"

AS A TESTIMONY OF THE GALLANTRY DISPLAYED BY THE SECOND
BATTALION, AT THE BATTLE OF BARROSA, ON THE 5TH OF MARCH, 1811;

AND THE WORD

"PENINSULA,"

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SERVICES OF THE SECOND BATTALION,
IN THE EAST OF SPAIN, FROM 1810 TO 1814.