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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")
Formerly the 2/10th King's, September 1940 Britain Disbanded 1941 30th (Home Defence) Formerly the 10th King's [1] Britain Disbanded March 1943 [1] Others 50th (Holding) Liverpool, 1939 Britain Became 14th Bn October 1940 [1] 70th (Young Soldiers) Formed from YS companies of 10th (HD) Bn King's and 8th (HD) Bn Cheshire Regiment, September 1940 ...
The King's losses accumulated, surpassing 1,800 by the 3rd, with the supporting 1/8th's casualties the heaviest at 18 officers and 304 other ranks. [93] The 10th's medical officer, Captain Chavasse, received a posthumous, second Victoria Cross for attending to, and recovering, wounded in spite of his own wounds and fatigue during the battle. [ 89 ]
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4: 4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot 1751–1867. 4th (The King's Own Royal) Regiment of Foot 1867–1881 [27] 1680 Raised 13 July 1680, as the 2nd Tangier Regiment. [26] 1881: The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 5: 5th Regiment of Foot 1751–1782. 5th (Northumberland) Regiment of Foot 1782–1836
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The Foot Guards of this period carried three king's colours: the colonel's, lieutenant-colonel's and major's colours. Unlike the king's colours of line regiments these had plain crimson fields. Each company also had a colour which was the union flag defaced with a badge, the 1st Foot Guards had 24 of these, one of which was carried in rotation ...