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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")
The German, [24] the French and the British Commonwealth armies used the name "Tommy" for British soldiers. "Tommy" is derived from the name "Tommy Atkins" which had been used as a generic name for a soldier for many years (and had been used as an example name on British Army registration forms). The precise origin is the subject of some debate ...
A publicity photograph of "Tommy Atkins", a soldier of the 51st (Highland) Division, seated with a large doll in his arms, taken during the German offensive in Lys, 13 April 1918. Tommy Atkins or Thomas Atkins has been used as a generic name for a common British soldier for many years. The origin of the term is a subject of debate, but it is ...
"Asker Aydoğan" (Turkish, Soldier Aydoğan) – Aydoğan Aydın, Turkish Major General [6] "The Auk" – Claude Auchinleck , British Indian Army field marshal [ 7 ] "The Angel warrior" – Angelo Polli , anti-Nazi Italian General Commander of Bersaglieri , first Italian high officer prisoner of the Nazi concentration camps captured on 9 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. Belgian-British Army officer (1880–1963) This article uses a Belgian surname: the surname is Carton de Wiart, not Wiart. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO Carton de Wiart as a Lieutenant Colonel during the First World War Birth name Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart ...
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.As of 1 July 2024, the British Army comprises 74,296 regular full-time personnel, 4,244 Gurkhas, 25,934 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,612 "other personnel", for a total of 109,086.
Other pejorative nicknames for British soldiers included "bloody backs" (in a reference to both the colour of their coats and the use of flogging as a means of punishment for military offences) and "lobsters", most notably in Boston around the time of the Boston Massacre. [37]
The Royal Regiment of Scotland - 3 + 2 battalions [13] [14]; The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment - 1 + 2 battalions [14]; The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - 1 + 1 battalions [14]