Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army

by Anonymous

Gordon Highlanders.—Officers in Review Order.

(Depot, Aberdeen.)

(Record Office, Perth.)

The Royal Tiger, superscribed "India."
The Sphinx, superscribed "Egypt."

"Mysore," "Seringapatam," "Egmont-op-Zee," "Mandora," "Corunna," "Fuentes d'Onor," "Almaraz," "Vittoria," "Pyrenees," "Nive," "Orthes," "Peninsula," "Waterloo," "South Africa, 1835," "Delhi, 1857," "Lucknow," "Charasiah," "Kabul, 1879," "Kandahar, 1880," "Afghanistan, 1878-80," "Tel-el-Kebir," "Egypt, 1882, 1884," "Nile, 1884-85," "Chitral," "Tirah," "Defence of Ladysmith," "Paardeberg," "South Africa, 1899-1902."

Motto: Bydand (Watchful).

Uniform, Scarlet.

Facings, Yellow.