Regimental Colours of the Royal Sicilian Regiment of Foot
Active
10 May 1806–1816[1]
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Type
Light Infantry
Size
one battalion (1350 men max in 1812)
Garrison/HQ
Floriana HQ, Malta
Colors
white flag, with a black flying eagle, crowned, bearing an escutcheon with the three fleur-de-lys of the Bourbon dynasty
Engagements
Battle of Maida, Alexandria expedition of 1807, Peninsular War
Battle honours
Maida
Commanders
Colonel of the Regiment
John C. Sherbrooke Ronald C. Ferguson
Notable commanders
Francesco Rivarola
Military unit
The Sicilian Regiment (also known as The Royal Sicilian Regiment of Foot) was a light infantry regiment recruited from Sicily that served with the British Army during the Napoleonic wars, from 1806 to its disbandment in 1816.
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