Caen Hill 112 Mont Pincon Noireau Crossing Seine 1944 Nederrijn Geilenkirchen Roer Rhineland Cleve Goch Hochwald Xanten Rhine Bremen North-West Europe 1944–45 Cassino II Trasimene Line Arezzo Advance to Florence Capture of Forli Cosina Canal Crossing Italy 1944–45 Athens Greece 1944–45 North Arakan Buthidaung Ngakyedauk Pass Burma 1943–44 Colonels The colonels of the regiment were as follows: Earl of Huntingdon's Regiment of Foot 1685–1688: Col Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon 1688–1695: Col Ferdinando Hastings 1695–1702: Col Sir John Jacob 1702–1715: Lt-Gen James Barry, 4th Earl of Barrymore 1715–1725: Col Stanhope Cotton 1725–1732: Gen Lord Mark Kerr 1732–1739: Brig-Gen John Middleton 1739–1766: Gen Hon Harry Pulteney 13th Regiment of Foot 1766–1767: F.M. HRH William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester 1767–1789: Gen Hon James Murray The 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot 1789–1804: Gen George Ainslie 1804–1813: Gen Alexander Campbell 1813–1843: Gen Edward Morrison The 13th (1st Somersetshire) Prince Albert's Light Infantry 1843–1846: Major-Gen Sir Robert Henry Sale GCB 1846–1863: F.M. Sir William Maynard Gomm GCB 1863–1864: Major-Gen Philip McPherson 1864–1880: Gen Philip Spencer Stanhope The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1880–1900: Gen Lord Mark Ralph George Kerr GCB 1900–1901: Lt-Gen Sir John William Cox KCB 1901–1910: Major-Gen Edward Lutwyche England CB 1910–1914: Major-Gen Sir Henry Hallam Parr KCB CMG 1914–1919: Major-Gen Richard Lloyd Payne CB DSO 1919–1929: Lt-Gen Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow KCB KCMG 1929–1938: Gen Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite GCB 1938–1947: Major-Gen Vivian Henry Bruce Majendie CB DSO 1947–1953: Lt-Gen Sir John George des Reaux Swayne KCB CBE 1953–1959: F.M. John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton GCB CBE DSO MC Victoria Cross recipients Lieutenant George Albert Cairns Private Patrick Carlin Major William Knox Leet Sergeant William Napier Private Thomas Henry Sage Dress and insignia Facings From its establishment in 1685, the regiment had a red coat with yellow facings. This was originally the colour of the cloth lining of the coat, which appeared in the turned back cuffs, skirts and lapels. Later, as uniform styles changed, it became the colour of the collar and cuffs of the jacket or tunic. A royal warrant of 1751 first regulated the facing colours of the "Marching Regiments of Foot". Those of the 13th Foot, or Lieutenant-General Pulteney's Regiment, was given as "philemot" yellow, a description repeated in the next clothing regulation of 1768. "Philemot" was a corruption of the French feuille morte or "dead leaf", a shade of yellow approximating to