FOURTEENTH FOOT.
The Regiment was raised in Kent.
It bears “The White Horse,” with the motto “Nec aspera terrent.”
It received its Crest of “The Royal Tiger” for its services in India from 1807 to 1831.
It received its Title and Badge of “The Plume of the Prince of Wales” in 1876.
It was nicknamed “The Old and Bold”; also “Calvert’s Entire” from its having three Battalions when Sir H. Calvert was Colonel from 1806 to 1826, who also exchanged its County Title with the Sixteenth Foot.