The regiment was at the Battle of the Boyne and took part in the Flanders campaign of 1692-95, gaining it's first battle honour NAMUR 1695. In 1751 they were placed 6th in the line with their date of origin established as 1685. The early uniforms of the 6th Foot had deep yellow facings but from 1832 they wore blue facings when they became Royal. The title of Warwickshire was given to them in 1782.

Sudan

Atbara, 8th April 1898

The 1st Battalion Warwicks were brigaded under General Gatacre in Kitchener's Reconquest of the Sudan 1896-98. Also in this brigade were the Lincolns, Seaforths and Cameron Highlanders. They attacked the Dervish camp at the confluence of the Nile and River Atbara, and defeated the army of Osman Digna after 45 minutes of fighting. The battalion was commanded by Lieut-Col Morey Quayle Jones who later commanded the 2nd Battalion. Other officers of the regiment mentioned in Kitchener's despatch were Major Landon, Lieut F A Earle and Lieut Greer.

Omdurman, 2nd Sep 1898

The decisive battle of Omdurman was fought by Kitchener's reinforced army of 8,200 British and 17,600 Sudanese - Egyptian troops against an army of 52,000 Dervishes. The Warwicks were brigaded with the same regiments as before, under Gatacre. Additionally there was a second brigade of British infantry. The unfortunate Dervishes were mown down by the artillery and Maxim guns and they lost 9,700 killed, 13,000 wounded against British loses of 47 killed and 340 wounded.

Kitchener's despatch mentioned the Commanding Officer of the Warwicks, Lt-Col W E G Forbes and the following officers and men:
Major H E Irwin
Captain R D Whigham
Captain Caldecott
Captain and Adjutant F A Earle
Lieut and QM C J Dixon
Lieut C E Etches
Lieut W C Christie
Sergeant Girling
Corporal Darnley
Lance-Corporal Marsden

Captain Caldecott was wounded and died later. Lieut Etches was wounded but recovered. Private G Bourke was severely wounded and 5 other men were wounded.

Incident at Evergreen

Lord Roberts arrived at Cape Town on 10th Jan and proceeded to the Modder River, arriving there a month later. He prepared his Great Advance, and the 18th Brigade were part of the force at his disposal. This Brigade consisted of 2nd Warwicks, 1st Yorkshire, 1st Welsh, 1st Essex and 3 batteries of Royal Field Artillery. However the Warwicks were required for the work of protecting lines of communication and did not take part in the battles of Paardeberg, Poplar Grove and Driefontein.

The Cape Colony

The situation in the west of Cape Colony deteriorated to the point where Kitchener was dispatched to organise a force to operate in the Britstown, Carnarvon and Prieska district. As well as the Warwicks, there were New Zealanders, Canadians, Yeomanry, militia and some CIVs. They managed to deal with the trouble and the Warwicks were able to join the main army in April 1900.

Diamond Hill, 11th-13th June 1900

Diamond hill was in the middle of a range of hills stretching several miles occupied by Louis Bothas' Boers. It was situated in the Transvaal between Pretoria and Middleburg. The 18th Brigade was present at this battle but no mention of casualties among the Warwicks is made.

Advance to Koomati Poort

When the advance to Prtoria was commenced the 11th Division under Pole-Carew was formed of the Guards Brigade and the 18th. In the advance towards Koomati Poort the Division was involved in various actions around the 24th to the 27th August at the north or right of the Boer positions, near Belfast. The Warwicks sustained around 20 casualties. After this the battalion was employed in the eastern Transvaal but was struck by fever and much depleted. They were sent with Boer prisoners to Bermuda before the war ended.

Ten officers and 16 NCOs and men were mentioned in Lord Roberts final despatch. Four officers were mentioned by Lord Kitchener. The 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Warwickshires provided Mounted Infantry companies which arrived in South Africa in 1901 and saw a great deal of fighting. Of these 7 NCOs and men of the 3rd, and one of the 4th gained mention in despatches as well as Lieutenant John Costeker. In Kitchener's final despatch 6 officers and 2 men of the Warwicks were mentioned.