[6] It also fought at the Battle of Falkirk in January 1746 during the Jacobite rebellion when its colonel, Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet, was shot and then finished off with three sword blows to the head.
[7] It went on to fight under the command of Colonel Lewis Dejean at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746[6] and was ranked the 37th Foot in 1747.
[9] After the battle the men of the regiment picked dog-roses from the hedges and put them in their headdresses to celebrate the victory.
[12] The regiment embarked for North America for service in the American Revolutionary War in 1776 and was present at the Battle of Long Island in August 1776[12] and the British surrender at the end of the Siege of Yorktown in September 1781.
[17] It moved to India in spring 1857 and, having arrived by steamer on the Son River, opened fire on the attacking mutineers at the Siege of Arrah in July 1857[18] during the Indian Rebellion.