Formation in April 1782, by
Thomas Whitcombe The formation of the regiment was prompted by the expansion of the army as a result of the commencement of the
Seven Years' War. On 25 August 1756 it was ordered that a number of existing regiments should raise a second
battalion; among those chosen was the
24th Regiment of Foot. The 2nd Battalion of the 24th Regiment of Foot was formed on 10 December 1756 and renumbered as the 69th Regiment of Foot on 21 April 1758. It embarked for the
West Indies later that year and took part in the
Invasion of Martinique in January 1762 before returning home in 1763. In August 1782 the regiment took a county title as the
69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot. the attack on the
Tour de Mortella in February 1794 They transferred to the third-rate
HMS Agamemnon and served under
Lord Nelson at the
Battle of Genoa in March 1795, where almost half of them caught yellow fever. After returning home in 1798, the regiment took part in the
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in August 1799. It moved to
Jamaica in July 1800 and returned home again in June 1802. A second battalion was raised in 1803. It went on to see action during the
Invasion of Île Bonaparte in July 1810, the
Invasion of Isle de France in December 1810 and the
Invasion of Java in August 1811. Meanwhile the 2nd battalion embarked for the
Netherlands in 1813 and took part in the
Siege of Bergen op Zoom in March 1814. It served at the
Battle of Quatre Bras and the
Battle of Waterloo. and Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles Morice, commanding officer of the battalion, was killed in a French cavalry charge. The two battalions amalgamated again in 1816. It sailed for
Halifax in
Nova Scotia in January 1839 before returning home in September 1842. It arrived in
Malta in December 1847 and then went on to
Barbados in 1851 before returning to England in May 1857. It departed for
Burma later that year and then went on to India in 1862 before returning home in May 1864. It embarked for Canada in August 1867 and while, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Bagot, helped to defeat a
Fenian Raid at the
Battle of Trout River in May 1870. It embarked for
Bermuda later that year and moved to Gibraltar in 1873 before returning home in 1878. On 1 July 1881 the
Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot to form the
Welch Regiment. ==Traditions==