The regimental records of the British Army . CONTENTS. I. THE CAVALRY II. THE ROYAL ARTILLERY III. THE ROYAL ENGINEERS IV. THE FOOT GUARDS V. TERRITORIAL REGIMENTS . VI. THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS VII. THE DEPARTMENTS . PAGE I 6i 6569 77221 225 APPENDICES— (i) A Table giving former Numbers and Territorial Titles of the Foot Regiments . . -233 (2) The Order of Precedence of the Territorial Regiments 237 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from University of Toronto THE CAVALRY. «)fT»rr^»« Zbc ffiret OLifc 6uait)6,. Thk Royal Arms. 1
The regimental records of the British Army . CONTENTS. I. THE CAVALRY II. THE ROYAL ARTILLERY III. THE ROYAL ENGINEERS IV. THE FOOT GUARDS V. TERRITORIAL REGIMENTS . VI. THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS VII. THE DEPARTMENTS . PAGE I 6i 6569 77221 225 APPENDICES— (i) A Table giving former Numbers and Territorial Titles of the Foot Regiments . . -233 (2) The Order of Precedence of the Territorial Regiments 237 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from University of Toronto THE CAVALRY. «)fT»rr^»« Zbc ffiret OLifc 6uait)6,. Thk Royal Arms. 1 .»** % I Vf iti : t> ? The ist, or His Majestys Own Troop of The 1st Troop of Life Guards of (from). The ist Life Guards. PRINCnWL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, * Honours on the Colours. &C. 1673. Steenkirk. Uniform.—Scarlet (from 1660). Facings, Blue (probably from 1660, certainly from 1693. Neer Landen. 1815. Netherlands. *T743- Dettingen. *i882. Egypt. *l8l2- -14. Peninsula. *i882. Tel-el-Kebir. *i8i5. Waterloo. 1884- -5. Khartoum. Regimental Badge.— The Royal Arms. Nicknames.—The Cheeses : when re-modelled in 1788 the veterans declined to serve,alleging that the regiments of Life Guards then consisted of cheesemongers, notgentlemen ; also The Piccadilly Butchers (having been called out to quell thePiccadilly Riots in 1810); also Tin Bellies (from the cuirasses); also ThePatent Safeties. Notes.—Raised in Holland by Charles H., when in exile, and composed mainly of(8
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