Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army

Preface to 1st Edition

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FORMER TITLES OF THE BATTALIONS OF INFANTRY

FOREWORD

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

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