62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot

62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot
Active10 December 1756–1 July 1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1756–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
TypeLine Infantry
RoleLine Infantry (at times Light Infantry)
SizeOne battalion (two battalions 1808–1816)
Garrison/HQLe Marchant Barracks, Devizes
Nickname(s)"The Moonrakers" "The Splashers"
Motto(s)Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense
March"The Vly be on Turmit" (quick)
"May Blossoms" (slow)[1]
Anniversaries21 December (Ferozeshah)
EngagementsSeven Years' War
American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
First Anglo-Sikh War
Crimean War

The 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, which was raised in 1756 and saw service through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Wiltshire Regiment in 1881.

  1. ^ Chant, p. 228