The Cold War Infantry request thread led to a small fun quiz regimental badges.
Answers are
1. The Lost 6th" - V Inniskillin Dragoon Guards - they incoperated the 6th back in 1820s - that's them in the Smokey Joes
2. Doreen's Every Ready Rifles = Royal Engineer Regiment
3. The Greek Guards = The Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment
This tradition of rebranding regiments with nicknames still goes on. Any modern examples ?
All new to me. The RE are a Corps, not a Regiment.
The Ulster Defence Regiment - Uncle Dermot's Rifles.
Quote from: Sunray on 15 October 2020, 09:48:47 AM
The Cold War Infantry request thread led to a small fun quiz regimental badges.
Answers are
1. The Lost 6th" - V Inniskillin Dragoon Guards - they incoperated the 6th back in 1820s - that's them in the Smokey Joes
2. Doreen's Every Ready Rifles = Royal Engineer Regiment
3. The Greek Guards = The Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment
This tradition of rebranding regiments with nicknames still goes on. Any modern examples ?
M4 Rifles - DERR
The Squidgies - R HAMPS
Green Slime - INT CORPS (one of my old units)
Really Large Corps - RLC
Rickshaws, Cabs and Taxis - RCT
Chav Cav - RTR...
Snot hats = Int Corps (I work at their museum)
Quote from: mad lemmey on 15 October 2020, 08:09:14 PM
Snot hats = Int Corps (I work at their museum)
A quarter of a century spent in the Int Corps, Green Slime I know but that's another new one.
Quote from: Ben Waterhouse on 15 October 2020, 07:19:52 PM
M4 Rifles - DERR
The Squidgies - R HAMPS
Green Slime - INT CORPS (one of my old units)
Really Large Corps - RLC
Rickshaws, Cabs and Taxis - RCT
Chav Cav - RTR...
Some old, some not so old
All Girls Corps - AG Corps
Run Away Someone's Coming - RASC
Rag and Oil Company - RAOC
Provisional Ulster Defence Association - UDR
The Peoples' Cavalry - RTR
Crap Hat - Anybody who isn't airborne (strictly speaking anybody not badged Para Reg).
All Guards rgts - Wooden Tops
1st Royak Scots - Fleet of foot
Royal Scots - also known as Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard.
Royal Artillery - loads
Dropshorts
Long range snipers
All over the place - due to the motto - Ubquie - which means everywhere