EIGHTY-SIXTH FOOT.
The Regiment was raised in Shropshire and adjoining counties.
It bears “The Harp and Crown” with the motto “Quis separabit?”; also “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801.
It captured several Standards at the storming of Jhansie, 3rd April 1858.
The first Regiment numbered the 86th was raised in 1759, and disbanded in 1763.
The second was the 86th (or Rutland), raised in 1780, and disbanded in 1783.