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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.
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).
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)
It landed at Le Havre next day, and then went by train and marching to 117th Bde's concentration area at Steenbecque in the First Army area. 117th Brigade was attached to the experienced 8th Division for its introduction to Trench warfare, 17th KRRC going to Bac-Saint-Maur, near Sailly-sur-la-Lys, where companies from the battalion were ...
Army Air Corps - 7 + 1 regiments [22] Royal Regiment of Artillery - 15 + 6 regiments [23] [24] Corps of Royal Engineers - 15 + 7 regiments [25] Royal Corps of Signals - 13 + 4 regiments [26] Intelligence Corps - 3 + 4 battalions [27] Honourable Artillery Company - 0 + 1 Regiment [28] Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) - 0 + 1 ...
Then from 13 April 1917 it was attached to 71st Division, a Home Service formation also composed of former Provisional Battalions. [ 28 ] On 26 November 1917, 1212th (West Riding) Battery transferred to 43rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery , which was reforming in 67th (2nd Home Counties) Division .
The British League Cadet Corps wore red Garibaldi shirts, blue forage caps and knickerbockers, and brown canvas leggings. In 1882 the renumbered 2nd Edinburgh RVC adopted blue helmets in place of shakoes. After it became the 4th VB Royal Scots, the unit adopted the uniform of that regiment, wearing tartan trews in place of trousers
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 ...