The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-13

BRITISH ARMY MECHANICS.

lions, pet names, nlcKnaIneS ana tllle'
that cannot easily be defined Is wei
known. Colonel Cooper King and othe
military writer's have recorded these
nicknames; but the extent and variety
of this nominal vocabulary which Tom
my Atkins has invented for himself, anC
often prefers to that imposed by the
war Office authorities will probably
surprise a good many readers. This
will be seen from the following alpha
betical list derived almost exclusively
from Colonel Cooper Kings work on the
British army. Some regiments have
more than one nickname, and In these
cases has been entered In its alphabeti-
= cal order
"Aiglers" was the nickname given the
Royal Irish Fusiliers from the capture
of the French eagle at Barrosa.
THE Assayes" is a name for the old
Seventy fourth regiment, now part Of
the Highland Light infantry This de-
signation is an allusion to the manner
in which they distinguished themselves
at the battle Of Assaye.
BARREL Blues" Is a title for the
Kings Own, derived from the name of
a former commander.
The Royal Sessex regiment is COM
posed of the former Thirty-ffth and One
Hundred and Seventh battalions of the
| line. The former, from it's recruiting
place. was known as the Belfast Reg
iment."
1.-THE Bengal Tigers" Is name, de-
rived from it's Indian badge, for the Lei
cestershire regiment.
| ;oh pphsif a ma
given to the Tenth Hussars when under
the command of Valentine Baker
"Binghams Dandies'' is a nickname
of the Seventeenth Lancers, and arose
from the excessive fastidiousness of a
former colonel as to the mems appear
| ance.
| BLACK Cuffs" is a nickname for the
Flfty-eighth (Nofthamptonshire) regi-
ment. ntts
BLACK Horse"3is a name for the Sew
enth Hussars, as also for the Sixth Cor
Inniskilling) Dragons.
"Blayneys Bloodhound" was the
name given to the Eighty-ninth regi-
ment in the Irish rebellion of 1898. This
regiment now forms a part Of the Roy
al Irish Fusiliers.
"Bleeders'' is nickname for Prince
Albert's somersetshlre Light infantry
The Blind Half Hundred" Is a nick
name for the Fiftieth. now part of the
Queens Royal West Kent regiment.
The present Manchester regiment
consists of the former Sixty-tbird and
Ninety sixth regiments. The Sixty
third had the nickname Of ''Bloodsuck-
ers."
u, ncJ,i ant has had the
significant nickname of the Bloody
Eleventh" from its tremendous losses
at Fontenoy, Ostend and Salamanca.
blue Caps was name given to the
First battalion Of the Royal Irish Flu
sliers in the Indian mutiny.
The blue Marines" is name applied
to the Royal Marine artillery.
The Princess of Wales Own York
shire regiment have been called the
"Bounders.'
The Worcestershire regiment inherlts
the name of "Braggs" from former
colonel of the Twenty-eighth, which is
now linked with it.
The Kings Shropshire Light infantry
is partly made up of the old Fifty
third, which was known as the Brick
dusts."
The Buff Howards'' is a name for
the Bluffs, or East Kent regiment.
"Calverts Entire Is name which Is
said to have originated In the West
Yorkshire regiment, which had three
battalions, all raised by Colonel Sir
Henry Calvert. Il
I The Sixth Dragon Guards have been
styled the CARDS." contraction of
Carbineers.
"Caulihowers'' was a name for the
Forty-seventh Goyal North Lanca-
shire) regiment
The Queens Own Royal West Kent
regiment includes the former Ninety
seventh Carl of Ulster's), who We're
nicknamed "Celestials' because of their
blue facingS.
The Tenth Hussars have the name OF |
the "Chainy Tenth" from the metal or |
nament on the pouch belt.
"Cheeses" is q nickname which has |
been applied to the Household cavalry, !
and was given because a century ago 1t
was remodelled on a somewhat more
democratic basis, and some gentlemen"
therefore declined to join! Come on,
Cheesemongers charged" was the cry OF
the colonel at Waterloo.
Cherry Pickers" is name given to
the Eleventh Hussars from the cherry
color of the overalls. They have also
been called "Cherubim. A story Is
told of a party of the regiment having
been surprised in a cherry garden dur
ing the Peninsula war.
"Coalheavers' is nickname for the
Grenadier Guards, originating, it is
said, i'm the permission formerly given
to the men TO work, in plain clothes, in
the coal trade.
The second battalion of the ROYAL
Irish rifles, formerly the Eighty sixth
regiment We're known as County
Downs
Gross Belts" is a name for the
Eighth Hussars.
1.-THE Daily Advertisers" ia a name
applied, for unknown reasons, to the
Fifth Lancers.
The Seventeenth Lancers are the
Death or Glory Boys''--a name easily
as their banner bears skull
which are the words 'or
glory"
The Ninth Lancers are known as the
Delhi Spearmen," from the dexterity
With which they used their lances in the
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