IR No. 51 – Napier (later 2nd Yorkshire)

Inhaber
1756 Napier, 1758 Brudenell, 1767 Earl of Eglinton

Unit History
The regiment was formed in September 1757 in Leeds and was stationed on the Isle of Wight before embarking on the fleet for the aborted raid on Rochefort.
In the summer of 1758, the regiment was among the first British contingent (6,000 men) sent to reinforce the Allied army of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick in Germany. The contingent disembarked August 3 1758 at Emden and arrived at Koesfeld on August 17 after marching through a very heavy rain. During this campaign, the grenadiers of the regiment were converged with those of the 12th, 20th, 23rd and 25th to form Maxwell's Grenadiers Battalion.
On August 1 1759, at the battle of Minden, the regiment was in the centre of the second line of the third column from the right under Major-General von Spörcken. The entire column advanced with extraordinary bravery against the French centre consisting of three lines of cavalry and broke the attacks of each of these lines. Its action won the day for the Allied.
On July 10 1760, the regiment was with the Hereditary Prince at the battle of Korbach. Along with other British regiments, it covered the retreat of the defeated Allied army. On October 16 of the same year, at Klostercamp, the regiment was in the fourth division under Howard which was kept in reserve.
In July 1761, the regiment was in Howard's Corps and took part to the battle of Vellinghausen.

Comments
WIP. The beautiful flag is from GMB Designs and really make the unit stand out.