1916

[Copyright under the Act of 1911]

Preface to 1st Edition

When the Territorial System was adopted in 1881, the old titles borne by our regiments were, in many cases, changed, and in other instances entirely lost. When the old titles changed, the Nicknames, by which nearly every corps was known, disappeared. These Nicknames often brought to mind some amusing event or memorable incident in the regiment's career, and in many cases originated from some peculiarity in the uniform, or, in the case of a cavalry regiment, the colour of the horses. There is no official record kept of these Nicknames, as they were wholly unrecognised by the "Army List"; it is, therefore, hoped that the record of the old names and titles as shown in this work will be appreciated.

CONTENTS

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Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)[60]
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders[106]
Army Medical Corps, Royal[112]
" Ordnance Corps[114]
" Pay Corps[115]
" Service Corps[111]
" Veterinary Corps[113]
Artillery, Field, Royal[34]
" Garrison, Royal[35]
" Horse, Royal[33]
Bedfordshire Regiment[57]
Berkshire Regiment, Royal[88]
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)[82]
Border Regiment[75]
Borderers, Scottish, King's Own[66]
" South Wales[65]
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and, Light Infantry[83]
Buffs (East Kent Regiment)[44]
Cameron Highlanders[102]
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)[67]
Canadians, Royal (Leinster Regiment)[107]
Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards)[10]
Cheshire Regiment[63]
Coldstream Guards[38]
Connaught Rangers[105]
Derbyshire, Notts. and, Regiment[85]
Devonshire Regiment[52]
Dorsetshire Regiment[79]
Dragoon Guards, 1st (King's)[5]
" " 2nd (Queen's Bays)[6]
" " 3rd (Prince of Wales's)[7]
" " 4th (Royal Irish)[8]
" " 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)[9]
" " 6th (Carabiniers)[10]
" " 7th (Princess Royal's)[11]
Dragoons, 1st (Royal)[12]
" 2nd (Royal Scots Greys)[13]
" 6th (Inniskilling)[17]
Dublin Fusiliers, Royal[109]
Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (17th)[28]
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)[92]
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry[73]
Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)[94]
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)[74]
Durham Light Infantry[98]
East Kent Regiment[44]
" Lancashire Regiment[71]
" Surrey Regiment[72]
East Yorkshire Regiment[56]
Empress of India's Lancers (21st)[32]
Engineers, Royal[36]
Essex Regiment[84]
Field Artillery, Royal[34]
Flying Corps, Royal[1]
Fusiliers, Dublin, Royal[109]
" Inniskilling, Royal[68]
" Irish, Royal[104]
" Lancashire[61]
" Munster, Royal[108]
" Northumberland[46]
" Royal[48]
" Scots, Royal[62]
" Welsh, Royal[64]
Garrison Artillery, Royal[35]
Gloucestershire Regiment[69]
Gordon Highlanders[101]
Grenadier Guards[37]
Guards, Foot[37]
Guards, Horse, Royal[4]
" Life[2], [3]
Hampshire Regiment[77]
Highland Light Infantry[99]
Highlanders, Argyll and Sutherland[106]
" Cameron[102]
" Gordon[101]
" Royal[82]
" Seaforth[100]
Horse Artillery, Royal[33]
Horse Guards, Royal[4]
Hussars, 3rd (King's Own)[14]
" 4th (Queen's Own)[15]
" 7th (Queen's Own)[18]
" 8th (King's Royal Irish)[19]
" 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal)[21]
" 11th (Prince Albert's Own)[22]
" 13th[24]
" 14th (King's)[25]
" 15th (The King's)[26]
" 18th (Queen Mary's Own)[29]
" 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal)[30]
" 20th[31]
Inniskilling Dragoons (6th)[17]
" Fusiliers, Royal[68]
Irish Dragoon Guards, Royal (4th)[8]
" Fusiliers, Royal[104]
" Guards[40]
" Hussars, King's Royal (8th)[19]
" Lancers, Royal (5th)[16]
" Regiment, Royal[59]
" Rifles, Royal[103]
Kent, East, Regiment[44]
" West, Regiment, Royal[89]
King's Dragoon Guards (1st)[5]
" Hussars (14th)[25]
" Hussars (15th)[26]
" Liverpool Regiment[49]
" Own Hussars (3rd)[14]
" Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)[45]
" Own Scottish Borderers[66]
" Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)[90]
" Royal Irish Hussars (8th)[19]
" Royal Rifle Corps[93]
" (Shropshire Light Infantry)[91]
Lancashire, East, Regiment[71]
" Fusiliers[61]
" North, Regiment, Loyal[86]
" South, Regiment[80]
Lancaster Regiment, Royal[45]
" York and, Regiment[97]
Lancers, 5th (Royal Irish)[16]
" 9th (Queen's Royal)[20]
" 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal)[23]
" 16th (The Queen's)[27]
" 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own)[28]
" 21st (Empress of India's)[32]
Leicestershire Regiment[58]
Leinster Regiment[107]
Life Guards[2], [3]
Lincolnshire Regiment[51]
Liverpool Regiment[49]
London, City of, Regiment[48]
Manchester Regiment[95]
Marines, Royal[117]
Middlesex Regiment[92]
Military Police, Corps of[116]
Munster Fusiliers, Royal[108]
Norfolk Regiment[50]
North Lancashire Regiment, Loyal[86]
" Staffordshire Regiment[96]
Northamptonshire Regiment[87]
Northumberland Fusiliers[46]
Notts. & Derby Regiment[85]
Orders and Decorations worn in British Army[118]
Ordnance Corps, Army[114]
Oxfordshire & Bucks. Light Infantry[83]
Pay Corps, Army[115]
Police, Military, Corps of[116]
Prince Albert's Own Hussars (11th)[22]
" " (Somerset Light Infantry)[54]
" Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)[110]
Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards, 3rd[7]
" " Leinster Regiment[107]
" " North Staffordshire Regiment[96]
" " Own Royal Hussars (10th)[21]
" " Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)[55]
" " Royal Lancers (12th)[23]
" " Volunteers (South Lancashire Regt).[80]
Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards (5th)[9]
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)[88]
Princess Louise's (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)[106]
" Royal's Dragoon Guards (7th)[11]
" Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)[104]
Queen Alexandra's Own Royal Hussars (19th)[30]
" Mary's Own Hussars (18th)[29]
Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)[6]
" Lancers (16th)[27]
" Own Cameron Highlanders[102]
" " Hussars (4th)[15]
" " " (7th)[18]
" " (Royal West Kent Regiment)[89]
" Royal Lancers (9th)[20]
" (Royal West Surrey Regiment)[43]
Rifle Brigade[110]
" Corps, King's Royal[93]
Scots Fusiliers, Royal[62]
" Greys, Royal[13]
" Guards[39]
" Royal[42]
Scottish Borderers, King's Own[66]
" Rifles (The Cameronians)[67]
Seaforth Highlanders[100]
Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derby Regiment)[85]
Shropshire Light Infantry[91]
Somerset Light Infantry[54]
South Lancashire Regiment[80]
" Staffordshire Regiment[78]
" Wales Borderers[65]
Staffordshire, North, Regiment[96]
" South, Regiment[78]
Suffolk Regiment[53]
Surrey, East, Regiment[72]
" West, Regiment, Royal[43]
Sussex Regiment, Royal[76]
Veterinary Corps, Army[113]
Wales, South, Borderers[65]
Warwickshire Regiment, Royal[47]
Welsh Fusiliers, Royal[64]
" Guards[41]
" Regiment[81]
West Kent Regiment, Royal[89]
West Riding Regiment[74]
" Surrey Regiment, Royal[43]
West Yorkshire Regiment[55]
Wiltshire Regiment[94]
Worcestershire Regiment[70]
York and Lancaster Regiment[97]
Yorkshire, East, Regiment[56]
" Light Infantry[90]
" Regiment[60]
" West, Regiment[55]