Regimental Nicknames and Traditions of the British Army

by Anonymous

The Grenadier Guards have the nicknames of the "Sand-bags," the "Coalheavers," and "Old Eyes," and the 3rd Battalion "The Bill Browns."

(Regimental Headquarters, Buckingham Gate, S.W.)

"Tangier, 1680," "Namur, 1695," "Gibraltar, 1704-5," "Oudenarde," "Malplaquet," "Dettingen," "Lincelles," "Talavera," "Barrosa," "Fuentes d'Onor," "Nive," "Peninsula," "Waterloo," "Alma," "Inkerman," "Sevastopol," "Tel-el-Kebir," "Egypt, 1882," "Suakin, 1885," "Modder River," "South Africa, 1899-1902."

Motto: Nulli Secundus (Second to none).

Uniform, Scarlet.

Facings, Blue.

Head-dress, Bearskin cap with red plume on right side.

Forage cap, Blue, with white band.