FORTY-NINTH FOOT.
The Regiment was formed from two Companies of one of the Regiments raised in the reign of Queen Anne, which had remained at Jamaica and of six other Companies formed in that Colony.
It bears “The Dragon” for its services in China, 1840 to 1842.
It received its Title in 1816 in commemoration of its doing duty over the Princess at Weymouth.
The Grenadier Company wore black tops to its white feathers, and the Light Company red heckles, in commemoration of their conduct in the American War, 1776.