EIGHTY-FIFTH FOOT.
The Regiment was raised at Buckingham.
It bears the motto “Aucto splendore resurgo” which it received with its Title in 1815, for its distinguished conduct since 1813.
It was nicknamed “The Elegant Extracts” in 1812; also “The Young Bucks” in distinction to the 16th Buckinghamshire.
The first Regiment numbered the 85th was the 85th Royal Volunteers Light Infantry, raised in 1759, and disbanded 1763. Its uniform was Scarlet with Blue facings; it was the first Light Infantry Regiment in the service.
The second was raised in 1780, and was lost at sea on its passage home from Jamaica in 1783.