NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of nicknames of British Army regiments

Nicknames of regiments and other units of the British Army. British Army commissioned ship ensign from Flags of the World. ... This page is a list of British Army Groups in WWII. It is intended as a central point of access information about British formations of that size. ... This page is a list of British army formations existing during World War I. First Army Second Army Third Army Fourth Army Fifth Army (originally the Reserve Army) Dardanelles Army Salonika Army Categories: Lists of military units | British field armies ... This page is a list of British Armies in WWII. It is intended to provide a central point to access information about British formations of that size. ... List of military corps — List of British corps in WWI This is a list of British army corps that existed during World War I. Most of the corps operated on the Western Front. ... This page is a list of British Corps in World War II. It is intended to provide a central point to access information about British formations of that size. ... List of military divisions â€” List of British divisions in WWI This page is a list of British divisions that fought in World War I. Divisions were either infantry or cavalry. ... List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWII This page is a list of British divisions that fought in World War II. It is intended to provide a central point to access information about British formations of that size. ... This is a list of British Brigades in WWII. It is intended as a central place to access resources about formations of that size. ... This is a list of Regiments of Foot of the British Army. ... This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms. ... This is a list of British Army regiments after the Army restructuring caused by the 1957 Defence White Paper: many regiments were amalgamated between 1958-60. ... This is a list of British Army regiments in the aftermath of the defence cuts of the Options for Change defence white paper in 1991. ... This is a list of planned British Army regiments in the aftermath of the defence white paper Delivering Security in a Changing World in 2004. ... A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...

The Argyll Marines - The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
The Bengal Tigers - South Wales Borderers
Bingham's Dandies - 17th Lancers
The Blacks - 7th Dragoon Guards
The Black Watch - 42nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Regiment)
The Bloodsuckers - 63rd Regiment of Foot
The Bloody Eleventh - 11th Regiment of Foot
The Blue Caps - The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
The Blues - Royal Horse Guards
Bob's Own - Irish Guards
The Borg - Royal Green Jackets
The Brickdusts - 53rd Regiment of Foot
The Buffs - 3rd Regiment of Foot
The Cauliflowers - 47th Regiment of Foot
The Cherry Pickers - 11th Hussars
The Death or Glory Boys - 17th Lancers
The Desert Rats - 7th Armoured Division
The Devil's Own - The Connaught Rangers
The Die Hards - 57th Regiment of Foot (later Middlesex Regiment)
The Dirty Half-Hundred - 50th Regiment of Foot
The Dirty Shirts - 101st Regiment of Foot (later Royal Munster Fusiliers)
The Donkey Wallopers - Household Cavalry
The Dubs - The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
The Dukes - 33rd Regiment of Foot, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
The Eagle Brigade - The Mercia Rifles
The Elegant Extracts - 7th Regiment of Foot {Royal Fusiliers}
The Eversworded - 29th Regiment of Foot
The Excellers - 40th Regiment of Foot - South Lancashire Regiment
Falling Plates - Royal Green Jackets
The Faughs - The Royal Irish Fusiliers
The Fighting Fifth - 5th Regiment of Foot (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers)
The Fighting Ninth - 9th Regiment of Foot
The Fore and Aft - Royal Gloucestershire Regiment
The Forty-Tens - The 2nd Battalion, The Leinster Regiment.
The Gay Gordons - Gordon Highlanders
The Granny-knotters - The Staffordshire Regiment
The Grasshoppers - 95th Regiment of Foot
The Green Dragoons - 13th Hussars
The Green Howards - 28th Regiment of Foot - Royal Berkshire Regiment
The Green Linnets - 39th Regiment of Foot
The Guards of the Line - 29th Regiment of Foot - Worcestershire Regiment
The Havercake Lads - 33rd Regiment of Foot - Duke of Wellington's Regiment, previously 1st Yorkshire West Riding Regiment
The Holy Boys - 9th Regiment of Foot
The Horse Marines - 17th Lancers
The Immortals - 76th Regiment of Foot
The Koylis - The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
The Ladies from Hell - Black Watch
The Lambs - The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
The Lancashire Lads - 47th Regiment of Foot
The Leather Hats - 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot
The Linseed Lancers - Royal Army Medical Corps
Liverpool Blues - 79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers)
The Loggies - Royal Logistic Corps
Manningham's Sharpshooters - 95th Regiment of Foot
The M4 Regiment - Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
The Micks - The Royal Irish Regiment, Irish Guards
The Minden Boys - 20th Regiment of Foot
The Monkeys - Royal Military Police
The Mutton Lancers - The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
Nobody's Own - 20th Hussars
The Nulli Secundus Club - The Coldstream Guards
The Old Dozen - 12th Regiment of Foot
The Old Farmers - 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
The Old Namurers - The Royal Irish Regiment
The Old Seven and Sixpennies - 76th Regiment of Foot
The Orange Lilies - 35th Regiment of Foot
The Old Toughs - The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
The Nutcrackers - 3rd Regiment of Foot
The Pattern - 33rd Regiment of Foot
The Pigs - 76th Regiment of Foot
Plymouths - The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
The Pompadours - 2nd Battallion, Royal Anglian Regiment
Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard - 1st Regiment of Foot - The Royal Scots
The Redcaps - Royal Military Police
The Red Feathers - 46th Regiment of Foot - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
The Regiment - 22 SAS regiment
The Resurrectionists - 3rd Regiment of Foot
The Rifles - Royal Irish Rifles, 95th Regiment of Foot
The Ross-Shire Buffs - 78th Regiment of Foot
Sankey's Horse - 39th Regiment of Foot
Saucy Sixth - 6th Regiment of Foot
The Skins - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
The Slashers - 28th Regiment of Foot - The Glosters (Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment)
The Sweeps - 95th Regiment of Foot
The Tangerines - 2nd Regiment of Foot
The Tigers - 37/67th of Foot The Royal Hampshire Regiment
The Tigers - Royal Leicestershire Regiment
The Tots - 17th Lancers
Two and a Hook - 29th Regiment of Foot
The Two Fours - The Essex Regiment
The Ups and Downs - The Welsh Regiment, 96th Regiment of Foot
The Vein Openers - 29th Regiment of Foot
The Vulgar Fraction - 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
The White Lancers - 17th Lancers
Wolfe's Own - 47th Regiment of Foot
The Yeller Bellies - 10th Regiment of Foot, Lincolnshire Regiment

Official name Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louises) Colonel-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Nicknames Motto Sans Peur Ne Obliviscaris Anniversaries Balaklava (25 October) Marches Quick: The Highland Laddie Quick: The Campbells Are Coming Charge: Monymusk Funerals: Lochaber No More Mascot A Shetland Pony called Cruachan Description Infantry... The South Wales Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... Official name The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridges Own) Colonel-in-Chief Duke of Cambridge Colonel-of-the-Regiment Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Motto Or Glory Nicknames Binghams Dandies The Death or Glory Boys The Horse Marines The Tots The White Lancers Anniversaries Balaklava (20... The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (named The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) before 1931) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... Official name The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) Colonel-in-Chief HRH The Prince of Wales Nicknames Motto Nemo Me Impune Lacessit Anniversaries Red Hackle Day (5 January) Marches Quick: All the Blue Bonnets are oer the Border Slow: The Garb of Old Gaul Pipes & Drums Quick: Hielan Laddie... The 63rd Regiment of Foot and the 96th Regiment of Foot would later amalgamate in 1881 to form The Manchester Regiment, which itself would amalgamate with The Kings Regiment (Liverpool), to form The Kings Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) in 1958, later becoming The Kings Regiment in 1968. ... Official name The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Colonel-in-Chief HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1908) Nicknames The Blue Caps The Dubs The Lambs The Old Toughs Motto Anniversaries Marches Slow: The British Grenadiers Saint Patricks Day Unnofficial: The Dublin Fusiliers Alliances Description Line Infantry regiment Creation... The Royal Horse Guards (RHG) was a Household Cavalry regiment of the British Army. ... Official name Irish Guards Colonel-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Colonel-of-the-Regiment James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn Nicknames Bobs Own The Micks Motto Quis Separabit (Who Shall Separate Us) Anniversaries Saint Patricks Day (17 March) Marches quick: St Patricks Day slow: Let Erin Remember... Cap badge of the Royal Green Jackets The Royal Green Jackets (RGJ) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two within the Light Division (the other being The Light Infantry). ... The 53rd Regiment of Foot was raised in 1755 as the 55th but was renumbered in 1757 to the 53rd. ... Dating to 1572 the 3rd Regiment of Foot was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army. ... Official name 47th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot Nicknames The Cauliflowers The Lancashire Lads Wolfes Own Motto Marches Description Line Infantry regiment Creation date 1751 Reason for creation Battle Honours Louisburg, Quebec 1759, Tarifa, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Nive, Peninsula, Ava, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol The 47th (the Lancashire) Regiment of... The 11th Hussars (Prince Alberts Own) was a British Army cavalry regiment. ... The 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats) of the British Army was the most famous unit of its type in British service during World War II. It was a regular division in the Middle East, designated the Mobile Division at first, renamed the Armoured Division (Egypt) in September 1939, and... The Connaught Rangers (the Devils Own) was a regiment of the British Army, raised in 1793 from the men of Connacht by John Thomas de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricard. ... The 50th (Queens Own) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1755 to 1881. ... The Royal Munster Fusiliers consisted of two regular service and two reserve battalions prior to World War I. Subsequently it had a total of 11 raised battalions. ... The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth of Nations to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions. ... Official name The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Colonel-in-Chief HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1908) Nicknames The Blue Caps The Dubs The Lambs The Old Toughs Motto Anniversaries Marches Slow: The British Grenadiers St Patricks Day Unnofficial: The Dublin Fusiliers Alliances Description Line Infantry regiment Creation... The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (officially, the Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding)) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Kings Division. ... The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a regiment in the British Army. ... // Early History The 29th Regiment of Foot was raised in 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington, an officer of the Coldstream Guards during War of the Grand Alliance known in America as King Williams War. ... The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Waless Volunteers) was a regiment of the British Army. ... Cap badge of the Royal Green Jackets The Royal Green Jackets (RGJ) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two within the Light Division (the other being The Light Infantry). ... THE ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS Nomenclature One of Englands premier county regiments, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers can trace its ancestory back to the year 1674. ... The 9th Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army. ... The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1881 until 1994. ... The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) or Staffords is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales Division. ... There have been several regiments in the British Army numbered as the 95th Regiment of Foot. ... Polish Hussar Hussar (original Hungarian spelling: huszár, plural huszárok) refers to a number of types of cavalry used throughout Europe since the 15th century. ... The 28th Regiment of North Gloucesteshire , nicknamed The Glorious Glosters was a British unit that fought in the battles of Waterloo and Quatre Bras during which they earned distinguished mention in the dispatches of the Duke of Wellington. ... // Early History The 29th Regiment of Foot was raised in 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington, an officer of the Coldstream Guards during War of the Grand Alliance known in America as King Williams War. ... Official name 33rd Regiment of Foot Nicknames The Havercake Lads The Pattern The Dukes Motto Virtutis Fortuna Comes (Fortune Favours The Brave) Description Line Infantry regiment Creation date Originally on the 14th of March 1702 by the 8th Earl of Huntingdon under Royal Warrant as Huntingdons Regiment of Foot. ... Official name The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding) Colonel-in-Chief Brigadier His Grace Arthur Valerian Wellesley KG LVO OBE MC BA DL, 8th Duke of Wellington Colonel-of-the-Regiment Major-General Sir Evelyn John Webb-Carter KCB Nicknames The Dukes, The Havercake Lads, The Pattern, The... The 9th Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army. ... Official name The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridges Own) Colonel-in-Chief Duke of Cambridge Colonel-of-the-Regiment Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Motto Or Glory Nicknames Binghams Dandies The Death or Glory Boys The Horse Marines The Tots The White Lancers Anniversaries Balaklava (20... Official name 76th Regiment of Foot Nicknames The Immortals The Pigs The Old Seven and Sixpennies Motto None Marches Quick: Scotland the Brave Slow: Logie oBuchan Description Line Infantry Regiment of Foot Creation date Royal Warrant Issued 12th October 1787 First Muster Parade 25th December 1787 Reason for creation... The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army. ... The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (named The Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) before 1931) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... Official name The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Colonel-in-Chief HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1908) Nicknames The Blue Caps The Dubs The Lambs The Old Toughs Motto Anniversaries Marches Slow: The British Grenadiers St Patricks Day Unnofficial: The Dublin Fusiliers Alliances Description Line Infantry regiment Creation... Official name 47th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot Nicknames The Cauliflowers The Lancashire Lads Wolfes Own Motto Marches Description Line Infantry regiment Creation date 1751 Reason for creation Battle Honours Louisburg, Quebec 1759, Tarifa, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Nive, Peninsula, Ava, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol The 47th (the Lancashire) Regiment of... The 8th (The Kings) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army. ... The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. ... The 79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The Royal Logistic Corps is a British Army corps that provides the logistical support for the Army. ... There have been several regiments in the British Army numbered as the 95th Regiment of Foot. ... The Wardrobe in Salisbury houses the RGBW regimental museum. ... In the British Army, there have been two regiments titled the Royal Irish Regiment // Royal Irish Regiment The Royal Irish Regiment was formed in 1684 by the Earl of Granard from independent companies in Ireland. ... Official name Irish Guards Colonel-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Colonel-of-the-Regiment James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn Nicknames Bobs Own The Micks Motto Quis Separabit (Who Shall Separate Us) Anniversaries Saint Patricks Day (17 March) Marches quick: St Patricks Day slow: Let Erin Remember... The Lancashire Fusiliers was a British infantry regiment that was amalgamated with other Fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. ... The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the military police branch of the British Army. ... The Coldstream Guards is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division. ... The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. ... In the British Army, there have been two regiments titled the Royal Irish Regiment // Royal Irish Regiment The Royal Irish Regiment was formed in 1684 by the Earl of Granard from independent companies in Ireland. ... Official name 76th Regiment of Foot Nicknames The Immortals The Pigs The Old Seven and Sixpennies Motto None Marches Quick: Scotland the Brave Slow: Logie oBuchan Description Line Infantry Regiment of Foot Creation date Royal Warrant Issued 12th October 1787 First Muster Parade 25th December 1787 Reason for creation... Official name The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Colonel-in-Chief HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1908) Nicknames The Blue Caps The Dubs The Lambs The Old Toughs Motto Anniversaries Marches Slow: The British Grenadiers Saint Patricks Day Unnofficial: The Dublin Fusiliers Alliances Description Line Infantry regiment Creation... Dating to 1572 the 3rd Regiment of Foot was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army. ... Official name 33rd Regiment of Foot Nicknames The Havercake Lads The Pattern The Dukes Motto Virtutis Fortuna Comes (Fortune Favours The Brave) Description Line Infantry regiment Creation date Originally on the 14th of March 1702 by the 8th Earl of Huntingdon under Royal Warrant as Huntingdons Regiment of Foot. ... Official name 76th Regiment of Foot Nicknames The Immortals The Pigs The Old Seven and Sixpennies Motto None Marches Quick: Scotland the Brave Slow: Logie oBuchan Description Line Infantry Regiment of Foot Creation date Royal Warrant Issued 12th October 1787 First Muster Parade 25th December 1787 Reason for creation... Official name Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louises) Colonel-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Nicknames Motto Sans Peur Ne Obliviscaris Anniversaries Balaklava (25 October) Marches Quick: The Highland Laddie Quick: The Campbells Are Coming Charge: Monymusk Funerals: Lochaber No More Mascot A Shetland Pony called Cruachan Description Infantry... The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queens Division. ... (Redirected from 1st Regiment of Foot) Royal Scots cap badge and tartan The Royal Scots are the oldest, and therefore most senior, infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I of England. ... Categories: Stub | British Army regiments ... The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the military police branch of the British Army. ... The Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry was the 32nd Regiment of Foot of the British Army. ... It has been suggested that SAS Troops be merged into this article or section. ... Dating to 1572 the 3rd Regiment of Foot was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army. ... The Regiment of the Infantry of the Line that became to be known as The Royal Ulster Rifles dates backs to the reign of King George III. In 1793 there was some expansion of the Armed Forces to meet the commitments of the war with France. ... There have been several regiments in the British Army numbered as the 95th Regiment of Foot. ... Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Motto: Nec Aspera Terrent (By Difficulties Undaunted) In 1688 the inhabitants of Inniskillen, Ireland, organized a town millitia to defend the area aginst James II. The millitia fought the enemy with such succes that it was later incorporated into the army of William III as the Inniskilling... The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. ... The 28th Regiment of North Gloucesteshire , nicknamed The Glorious Glosters was a British unit that fought in the battles of Waterloo and Quatre Bras during which they earned distinguished mention in the dispatches of the Duke of Wellington. ... The Wardrobe in Salisbury houses the RGBW regimental museum. ... There have been several regiments in the British Army numbered as the 95th Regiment of Foot. ... Official name The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridges Own) Colonel-in-Chief Duke of Cambridge Colonel-of-the-Regiment Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Motto Or Glory Nicknames Binghams Dandies The Death or Glory Boys The Horse Marines The Tots The White Lancers Anniversaries Balaklava (20... // Early History The 29th Regiment of Foot was raised in 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington, an officer of the Coldstream Guards during War of the Grand Alliance known in America as King Williams War. ... The Essex Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... Minorca Regiment The Minorca Regiment was raised in 1798 from prisoners of Swiss mercenary regiments in Spanish service while Minorca was under British control. ... // Early History The 29th Regiment of Foot was raised in 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington, an officer of the Coldstream Guards during War of the Grand Alliance known in America as King Williams War. ... The 16th/5th The Queens Royal Lancers were a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1922 to 1993. ... Official name The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridges Own) Colonel-in-Chief Duke of Cambridge Colonel-of-the-Regiment Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Motto Or Glory Nicknames Binghams Dandies The Death or Glory Boys The Horse Marines The Tots The White Lancers Anniversaries Balaklava (20... Official name 47th (The Lancashire) Regiment of Foot Nicknames The Cauliflowers The Lancashire Lads Wolfes Own Motto Marches Description Line Infantry regiment Creation date 1751 Reason for creation Battle Honours Louisburg, Quebec 1759, Tarifa, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Nive, Peninsula, Ava, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol The 47th (the Lancashire) Regiment of... The 10th Regiment of Foot was raised on June 20, 1685 as the Earl of Baths Regiment for its first Colonel John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. ...