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The motto "Nec Aspera Terrent" translates to "Frightened by no Difficulties," more literally "Not even difficulties frighten [us, them]": nec = nor, not even; aspera (nominative neuter plural noun) = rough things, adversities, difficulties; terrent (3rd person plural present tense verb) = "they (= the difficulties) frighten", from the same root ...
Nec aspera terrent: They are not terrified of the rough things: They are not afraid of difficulties. Less literally "Difficulties be damned." Motto for 27th Infantry Regiment (United States) and the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment. Nec = not; aspera = rough ones/things; terrent = they terrify / do terrify / are terrifying.
"Nec Aspera Terrent" (Latin) "Difficulties be Damned" [1] March: Quick – John Peel Slow – The Red Rose: Anniversaries: Ladysmith (28 February), St George's Day (23 April), Waterloo (18 June), Arroyo (28 October) Engagements: Operation Telic; Operation Herrick; Commanders; Colonel-in-Chief: King Charles III: Colonel of the Regiment ...
3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles): Nec aspera terrent (Latin for "not afraid of difficulties") 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse: Ich dien (German for "I serve") 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Victoria Regiment: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin for "no one provokes me with impunity") and semper paratus (Latin for "always ready")
Badge of the Royal Guelphic Order Medal of the Order Flag of the Electorate of Hanover, 1692. The Royal Guelphic Order (German: Königlicher Guelphen-Orden), sometimes referred to as the Hanoverian Guelphic Order, is a Hanoverian order of chivalry instituted on 28 April 1815 by the Prince Regent (later King George IV). [1]
The regiment formed as the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Foot during a rebellion in 1685 by the Duke of Monmouth against King James II. [1] After James was deposed during the "Glorious Revolution" that installed William III and Mary II as co-monarchs, the regiment's commanding officer, the Duke of Berwick, decided to join his royal father in exile. [2]
The Queen's Own Hussars (QOH), was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed from the amalgamation of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars at Candahar Barracks, Tidworth in 1958.
The 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685.It saw service for three centuries, including the First and the Second World Wars, before being amalgamated with the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, to form the Queen's Own Hussars in November 1958.