63rd Regiment
The regiment’s officers wore a French fleur-de-lys badge on their coat-tails before 1855. Some sources state that this was awarded in 1815 for its part in the capture of Guadaloupe five years earlier, whilst others state it was first worn in 1759.
Some say it commemorates the capture of French regimental colours by the 63rd Regiment of Foot, during the Invasion of Martinique in 1759.
In 1881 the British Army was re-organised and the 63rd Regiment of Foot became the 1st Battalion of the Manchester Regiment. This new regiment continued to use the fleur-de lys in many ways. They used it on their uniform, displayed it on the plates they ate from and carved it into Cap badge and objects they used to represent them.
82nd Regiment
In 1793, at the start of the French Revolutionary War, the 82nd Regiment of Foot was raised at Stamford, Lincolnshire from Volunteers. Its first Colonel, Charles Leigh, was a gentleman of the household of the Prince of Wales, and accordingly the Regiment became known as the Prince of Wales's Volunteers and took the Prince's three-feathered plume as it's badge.
Also, the symbol is also often used on a compass rose to mark the north direction, a tradition started by Flavio Gioja, a Neapolitan mariner of the 14th century.
