SEVENTY-SEVENTH FOOT.
The Regiment was raised in Mid=dlesex for service in India.
It bears “The Plume of the Prince of Wales,” also “The Duke of Cambrid=ge’s Coronet and Cypher.”
It was nicknamed “The Pot-Hooks” from the two sevens—its number.
The first Regiment numbered 77th was the 77th Montgomery Highlanders, or First Highland Battalion, raised in 1757. It served in Canada, 1758 to 1760, and at Havannah, 1762, and was disbanded 1763.
The second was the 77th Atholl Highlanders raised in 1778, and disbanded 1783.