Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army

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Author

Anonymous

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Produced by Richard Tonsing, Brian Coe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

UA: Military science: Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation

Subject

Great Britain. Army

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Text

eBook-No.

49348

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49348

Release Date

July 3, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army
3. 3.Preface to 1st Edition
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.FORMER TITLES OF THE BATTALIONS OF INFANTRY
7. 7.FOREWORD — THE ROMANCE OF MILITARY HISTORY — CAVALRY DISTINCTIONS — PRIVILEGES OF THE FOOT GUARDS — PIPERS' PECULIARITIES — ANIMAL BADGES — QUICK STEPPING INFANTRY — THE MINDEN REGIMENTS — WELSH TRADITIONS — THE GLORY OF THE GLOUCESTERS AND WORCESTERS — THE BORDERS' UNIQUE HONOUR — THE GREENJACKETS — THE ELEPHANT COLOURS. — BATTLE HONOURS. — ROYAL FLYING CORPS — 1st LIFE GUARDS — 2nd LIFE GUARDS — ROYAL HORSE GUARDS (The Blues) — 1st (King's) DRAGOON GUARDS — 2nd DRAGOON GUARDS (Queen's Bays) — 3rd (Prince of Wales's) DRAGOON GUARDS — 4th (Royal Irish) DRAGOON GUARDS — 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) DRAGOON GUARDS — 6th DRAGOON GUARDS (Carabiniers) — 7th (Princess Royal's) DRAGOON GUARDS — 1st (Royal) DRAGOONS — 2nd DRAGOONS (Royal Scots Greys) — 3rd (King's Own) HUSSARS — 4th (Queen's Own) HUSSARS — 5th (Royal Irish) LANCERS — 6th (Inniskilling) DRAGOONS — 7th (Queen's Own) HUSSARS — 8th (King's Royal Irish) HUSSARS — 9th (Queen's Royal) LANCERS — 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) HUSSARS — 11th (Prince Albert's Own) HUSSARS — 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) LANCERS — 13th HUSSARS — 14th (King's) HUSSARS — 15th (The King's) HUSSARS — 16th (The Queen's) LANCERS — 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) LANCERS — 18th (Queen Mary's Own) HUSSARS — 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) HUSSARS — 20th HUSSARS — 21st (Empress of India's) LANCERS — ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY — ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY — ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY — CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS — GRENADIER GUARDS — COLDSTREAM GUARDS — SCOTS GUARDS — IRISH GUARDS — WELSH GUARDS — THE ROYAL SCOTS — THE QUEEN'S (Royal West Surrey Regiment) — THE BUFFS (East Kent Regiment) — THE KING'S OWN (Royal Lancaster Regiment) — THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS — THE ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT — THE ROYAL FUSILIERS (City of London Regiment) — THE KING'S (LIVERPOOL REGIMENT) — THE NORFOLK REGIMENT — THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT — THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT — THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT — PRINCE ALBERT'S (Somerset Light Infantry) — THE PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN (West Yorkshire Regiment) — EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT — BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT — LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT — THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT — ALEXANDRA, PRINCESS OF WALES'S OWN (Yorkshire Regiment) — THE LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS — THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS — THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT — THE ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS — THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS — THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS — THE CAMERONIANS (SCOTTISH RIFLES) — THE ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS — GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT — WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT — EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT — THE EAST SURREY REGIMENT — THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT INFANTRY — THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S REGIMENT (West Riding) — THE BORDER REGIMENT — THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT — THE HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT — THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT — THE DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT — PRINCE OF WALES'S VOLUNTEERS (South Lancashire Regiment) — THE WELSH REGIMENT — THE BLACK WATCH (Royal Highlanders) — THE OXFORDSHIRE & BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY — THE ESSEX REGIMENT — THE SHERWOOD FORESTERS (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.) — THE LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT — THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGIMENT — PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES'S (Royal Berkshire Regiment) — THE QUEEN'S OWN (Royal West Kent Regiment) — THE KING'S OWN (Yorkshire Light Infantry) — THE KING'S (Shropshire Light Infantry) — THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S OWN (Middlesex Regiment) — KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS — THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S (Wiltshire Regiment) — THE MANCHESTER REGIMENT — THE PRINCE OF WALES'S (North Staffordshire Regiment) — YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT — THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY — HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY — SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS (Rossshire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's) — THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS — THE QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS — THE ROYAL IRISH RIFLES — PRINCESS VICTORIA'S (Royal Irish Fusiliers) — THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS — PRINCESS LOUISE'S (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) — THE PRINCE OF WALES'S LEINSTER REGIMENT (Royal Canadians) — THE ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS — THE ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS — THE RIFLE BRIGADE (The Prince Consort's Own) — ARMY SERVICE CORPS — ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS — ARMY VETERINARY SERVICE AND ARMY VETERINARY CORPS — ARMY ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT AND ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS — ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT AND ARMY PAY CORPS — MILITARY POLICE — ROYAL MARINES — ORDERS & DECORATIONS WORN IN THE BRITISH ARMY — War Medals. — Orders and Decorations.
8. 8.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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