SIXTH FOOT.
The Regiment is one of those that came from Holland with King William III.; it was then known as “the Old Holland Regiment.”
It bears “the Antelope” which is said= to have been granted for the capture of a Colour of “the Royal African Regiment” at Saragossa, which bore that badge; also “the Rose and Crown.” It is said= to have once borne the motto “Vi et armis.”
Its MS. Records say its facings were once of a peculiar colour, Orange with a shade of Dutch Pink, this was before 1742.
It was nicknamed “Guise’s Geese,” from its Colonel’s name from 1735 to 1763; also “the Warwickshire Lads”; and “the Saucy Sixth.”