Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army

by Anonymous

(Depot, Bury.)

(Record Office, Preston.)

The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt."

"Dettingen," "Minden," "Egmont-op-Zee," "Maida," "Vimiera," "Corunna," "Vittoria," "Pyrenees," "Orthes," "Toulouse," "Peninsula," "Alma," "Inkerman," "Sevastopol," "Lucknow," "Khartoum," "Relief of Ladysmith," "South Africa, 1899-1902."

Motto: Omnia Audax (Daring Everything).

Uniform, Scarlet.

Facings, White.

Head-dress, Racoon-skin cap with primrose plume on left side.

Cap, Blue.

Regimental March, "British Grenadiers."