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WebTop-Rated british army Nicknames BA -British Army-The Brits; The Sassenachs; The Army; The Redcoats; The Jocks; The Limeys; The Tommies; The British Army; … Radio Cabs and Taxis – Royal Corps of TransportThe Rag and Oil Company – Royal Army Ordnance Corps (humorous back-acronym)The Ragged Brigade – 13th Hussars The Ramnuggar Boys – 14th King's Hussars (from the Battle of Ramnagar in 1849)Rats After Mouldy Cheese – Royal Army Medical … Meer weergeven This is a list of nicknames of regiments of the British Army. Many nicknames were used by successor regiments (following renaming or amalgamation). Meer weergeven • Agile and Bolton Wanderers – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (humorous allusion to Bolton Wanderers F.C.) • The Aiglers – 87th Foot (captured a French Imperial Eagle (aigle) … Meer weergeven • Calvert's Entire – West Yorkshire Regiment • The Cameronians – 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Meer weergeven • The 0.7 Hussars - 14th/20th King's Hussars (humourous simplification of regimental title) Meer weergeven • 1st Invalids – 41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot later The Welsh Regiment (first raised as the Regiment of Invalids, in 1688) Meer weergeven • The Back Numbers (also The Back Badgers) – Gloucestershire Regiment (allowed to wear a regimental badge on the back of the hat, after the rear rank faced about … Meer weergeven • The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers • The Dandies - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards • The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots Meer weergeven canon rebel with lens cap
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Web5 okt. 2015 · Military nicknames frequently replace a person’s Christian name for that of a famous person, with whom they share a last name. Someone called Black becomes … • Chippie – a de Havilland Chipmunk. • Fat Albert – Lockheed Hercules (all variants). • Flying Cigar (The) – a Wellington bomber. • Funbus – Vickers VC10. WebJ. C. Campbell, British Army general; J. C. K. Slater, British admiral "Joe" – Brigadier John Ormsby Evelyn Vandeleur (from his initials), WWII British Army officer; Elton W. Grenfell, … flag with symbols