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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 Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [27]; 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")
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In 1702 when she succeeded the throne as Queen Anne, the sovereign ordered the title to be altered to The Queen's Regiment. In 1751, when all British Army infantry regiments were numbered, the title became; 8th or The King's Regiment after the then monarch King George II, and was from then onward referred to as 8th Foot, 8th Regiment or 8th King's.
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Bryan Thomas Mahon was born at Belleville, County Galway, on 2 April 1862. [3] After having served in the Galway Militia, into which he had been commissioned as a second lieutenant in April 1879, [4] he transferred to the 21st Hussars in January 1883, [5] before finally transferring to the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars in February 1883. [6]
The following is a list of nicknames for pairs of two playing cards, usually hole cards, used in poker derivatives such as Texas hold 'em and Omaha hold 'em poker. These nicknames are usually used by the player when announcing their hand or by spectators or commentators who are watching the game.
The following is a list of episodes for the British political satire and talk show The Last Leg which began airing on 30 August 2012 on Channel 4, originally as part of the channel's London 2012 Paralympic Games coverage and later spun off as its own show after the games finished.