The 2nd or The Queen's Regiment
1851 - 1853: First Kaffir War.
1851
  The Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot
26th February
Loss of the Birkenhead.
 

"But to stand still to the Birken'ead drill, is a damm tough bullet to chew".

Rudyard Kipling

(It is said that the cry "women and children first" was the standard set by the men of the Birkenhead who died seeing it fulfilled).

South Africa and British Kaffrairia.
  Remains until 1860.

 

1853
  The Queen’s (Second) Royal, Regiment of Foot
 
New Third Colour presented - the Burns Colour.

 

 

 
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