Appendix Ii

THE INFANTRY AT MINDEN

The six Infantry Regiments engaged at Minden, on August 1, 1759, were:

12th Foot--Suffolk Regiment. 20th Foot--Lancashire Fusiliers. 23rd Foot--Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 25th Foot--King's Own Scottish Borderers. 37th Foot--Hampshire Regiment. 51st Foot--King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry).

Tradition tells that in the course of the operations at Minden, the 20th were passing through flower gardens and, while doing so, the men plucked some of the roses and wore them in their coats. This story was the origin of the "Minden Rose" which is worn annually, on August 1, by all ranks of the Lancashire Fusiliers.