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The claim that "brat" (in the military sense) has been used for a century or more and that it stands for "British Regiment Attached Traveller" is folk etymology, a backronym. There are no appearances of this phrase dating back that far, and English acronyms were almost non-existent before the mid-20th century.
16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, known simply as 16 Air Assault Brigade from 1999–2021, is a formation of the British Army predominantly based in Colchester, Essex.It makes up the Air Assault Task Force, a battlegroup held at high readiness, and is the only brigade in the British Army focused on operating via parachute, helicopter and air-landing.
On the east the 69th Brigade, followed by 151st Brigade, again a regiment of DD tanks was attached, they were from the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. Universal Carriers of 50th Division wade ashore from LCTs on Jig beach, Gold area, 6 June 1944. The markings on the carrier indicate a vehicle from the 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, 231st ...
He clearly attributes the British Regimented Attached Traveller theory to the origin of the term. See: Clifton, Grace, "Making the Case for the BRAT (British Regiment Attached Traveler)", British Educational Research Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3 2004---Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 21:05, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Lieutenant-Col C.H.N. Seymour arrived to take over command of 17th KRRC. He was a Regular KRRC officer and had already commanded several service battalions of the regiment. He was immediately assigned to form a fifth battalion for the composite brigade from the remaining details of the division.
The first production vehicles were completed in 1972. The first British regiment to be equipped with the Scorpion was the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) in 1973. [2] [14] In November 1981, the RAF Regiment took delivery of the first of 184 Scorpions and other variants of CVR(T).
The third group was 5 Infantry Brigade (Brigadier Hargest). Fourth Anti-Tank Company was attached to the Mixed Infantry Brigade and 5 Anti-Tank Company to 5 Infantry Brigade. There was still an acute shortage of arms, vehicles and equipment. Fifth Field Regiment had only one battery: a collection of 18-pounder guns and 4.5-inch (110 mm) howitzers.
The 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve), historically known as The Artists Rifles, [nb 1] is a regiment of the British Army Reserve. Its name is abbreviated to 21 SAS(R) . Raised in London in 1859 as a volunteer light infantry unit, the regiment saw active service during the Second Boer War and the First World War, earning a ...