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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.
[Military] Brat: Not an acronym for "British Regiment Attached Traveller". [28] This is just a specific instance of the word brat, meaning child or offspring, first attested in 16th-century Scotland. [29] "Chav": see under "Other" Coma: Some falsely believe that the word coma originates from "cessation of motor activity". Although this ...
Over there (and here) are cited articles describing "Canadian military brats as an institution", Indian military brats as having "a different way of life", academic citations citing the British use of of the term ("British Regiment Attached Traveler") and a Wikipedia article citing the use of the term "Brat" in (In Britain, associated with the ...
The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment - 1 + 2 battalions [14] The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Anglian Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Yorkshire Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions [14] The Royal Welsh - 1 + 1 battalions [14] The Mercian Regiment - 1 ...
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
Troopers of the Life Guards ride past a Foot Guard presenting arms.. In the United Kingdom, the Household Division consists of seven regiments, giving rise to the division's motto of Septem juncta in uno (Latin for 'seven joined in one').
Colin Campbell leading the 'forlorn hope' at the Siege of San Sebastián, 1813.Painting by William Barnes Wollen. A forlorn hope is a band of soldiers or other combatants chosen to take the vanguard in a military operation, such as a suicidal assault through the breach of a defended position, or the first men to climb a scaling ladder against a defended fortification, or a rearguard, to be ...
British showmen, commonly referred to as Funfair Travellers; New Age Travellers; The Romanichal, a Romani subgroup also known as English Gypsies, are not formally regarded as Travellers. Although they traditionally lived an itinerant lifestyle, the term English Travellers formally refers to itinerant groups of indigenous origin.