NINTH FOOT.
The Regiment was chiefly raised in the south-west of England.
It bears “the figure of Britannia,” which badge is said= to have been given by Queen Anne.
It is said= its facings once were Orange; if so, it was before 1742.
It captured the Colours of the “Second Hampshire Regiment” at Fort Anne in July 1777.
It was nicknamed “the Holy Boys,” from selling Bibles for drink in the Peninsula; also “the Fighting Ninth.”