[3] The regiment was formed as a posse comitatus in 1539 during the reign of by King Henry VIII; it went on to become a trained band and then a militia unit in 1660.

The second was acquired in 1877 when the regiment transferred from an infantry unit into a Special Reserve section of the expanding Royal Engineers.

My dear Playfair, Thank you for your letter of 8th March which I have laid before The Queen and which Her Majesty has read with interest.

[10] In recognition of its Light Infantry ancestry the regiment was afforded the right to wear the Militia flash in 1943.

[11] A small, light infantry green rectangle, often referred to as the snooker table; worn at the top of the left arm.