Battle Honours
This is a rough list of battle honours that it is likely the regiment would have gained during the Sharpe Series:
- Talavera, 1809,
- Busaco, 1810,
- Ciudad Rodrigo, 1812,
- Badajoz, 1812,
- Salamanca, 1812,
- Vittoria, 1813,
- Pyrenees, 1813,
- Toulouse, 1814,
- Peninsula, 1808-1814,
- Waterloo, 1815.
The regiment's fate after Waterloo is unknown. It is likely to have been disbanded due to its high regimental number (this is stated in the Sharpe Companion) but it could have been merged with the 44th Regiment of Foot or the East Essex which lost many men at Quatre Bras. In the latter case it would have become the Essex Regiment under the Cardwell Reforms and the battalion carrying its traditions would have been disbanded and the honours continued. This is of course speculation, but there are several similarities between the East and South Essex – both captured French Imperial Eagles, both have yellow coat facings, and they share a county designation.
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