Aside from the spike finial, perhaps the most recognizable feature of the Pickelhaube was the ornamental front plate which denoted the regiment's province or state.

The most notable battle was the regiment's decisive role on July 2, 1863, in the Battle of Gettysburg, where it was stationed on Little Round Top at the extreme left of the Union line.

It is a great honour for a young officer to carry the colour in this ceremony, as historically only the most courageous Ensigns were assigned to carry the regiment's colours in battle.

Buttons are worn in two rows of four, reflecting the regiment's position as the fourth most senior Guards regiment, and the collar is adorned with a shamrock on either side.

One of the regiment's most noteworthy battles in Italy was the Melfa River Crossing.

Though most of the skirmishes were small, by the end of the period injuries and desertion had cut the regiment's strength by 25 %.

The regiment's most significant deployments have been to Iraq.

The adoption of the green hackle now being worn by the Argylls battalion ( 5 SCOTS ) is no doubt a continuation of that regiment's association with the colour green, most prominent in the hue of their regimental kilts and stripes on their regimental association ties.

At the Heights of Echalar in August 1813 Wellington watched the regiment's attack against 6, 000 French in rugged positions in the mountains and described it as " The most gallant and the finest thing he had ever witnessed ".

The highest and most distinguished award for valour, the Order of the Bronze Lion was bestowed upon the regiment's Sergeant Wallace Edmond Firlotte.

Although the regiment's first battle honour is for the Battle of Blenheim, it did not take a notable part in any major battle of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, but did serve in the Crimean War.

Dressed in his brigadier's uniform, Enoch Powell was buried in his regiment's plot in Warwick Cemetery, Warwickshire, ten days later, after a family funeral service at Westminster Abbey and a public service at St. Margaret's, Westminster.

Captain J. C. Dunn, a medical officer attached to the regiment's 2nd Battalion during the First World War, compiled a chronicle of that unit's experiences during its more than four years of service in France and Belgium.

Prior to 1914, the regiment's field service uniforms reflected its constabulary role and consisted of a dark blue Jersey and puttees, khaki shorts and a khaki fez cover with integral foldable cloth peak and neck flap.

The Chinese dragon, in gold metal, is indicative of the regiment's service in China during the Boxer Rebellion from 1900 to 1938, of which the period after 1912 was continuous.

A regiment's colours embody its spirit and service, as well as its fallen soldiers.

Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment uniforms were nearly identical to those of the those of ( NVA ) and were distinguished primarily by the dark red MfS service color of its insignia and by an honorary cuffband on the left sleeve bearing the regiment's name.

At the behest of George I, to honour the regiment's service at Sheriffmuir, the Queen's became the King's Regiment of Foot, with the White Horse of Hanover ( symbol of the Royal Household ) as its badge.

The Boer War provided the first opportunity for the regiment's volunteer battalions to serve overseas with regular forces, supplying individual detachments and service companies.

A memorial sculpted by William Goscombe John to commemorate the regiment's service in Afghanistan, Burma, and South Africa was erected in St John's Gardens, Liverpool and unveiled by Field Marshal Sir George White on 9 September 1905.

Both battalions saw active service in the Crimean War, with the 1st fighting at the battles of Alma and Inkerman ( 1854 ), and both fighting in the Siege of Sevastopol ( 1854-5 ), where the regiment's first VC was won.

As a result of the regiment's initial service during the Iraq war, the Royal Yeomanry was in 2005 awarded the theatre honour " Iraq 2003 ", the first battle honour the regiment has won since its formation, and the first-so far the only-battle honour awarded to a Territorial Army regiment since the Second World War.

The first period of sustained operational service began with the regiment's baptisim of fire in Korea in 1950 and continued until the withdrawal of combat units from Vietnam in 1972.

The regiment's 1st Battalion saw service in Iraq in the months immediately following Operation Telic, from June to November 2003.

It is more accurate to state that the RCD wear the springbok as a recognition for the regiment's sterling service in South Africa.

The regiment's battalions have a distinguished record of military service spanning the rise and decline of British power in South Asia, both World Wars and post independence Pakistan.

* Battle honour crests, for instance, the crest of an elephant denotes a regiment's service at the Battle of Assaye in 1803

The regiment's first overseas service came during the Second Opium War against China.

Many of the regiment's soldiers also saw service on the Western Front while attached to other units.

Its uniforms were nearly identical to those of the those of National People's Army ( NVA ) and were distinguished primarily by the dark red MfS service color of its insignia and by an honorary cuffband on the left sleeve bearing the regiment's name.

The regiment's crest figures prominently and incorporates 2 rams, recalling the unit's service in the infantry, and 2 fleurs-de-lys, symbolizing its Francophone status.

The end of the national service scheme in 1972 resulted in a sharp decline in the regiment's strength ; 92 personnel remained at the end of the year.

Since standing down from federal service and returning to New York, the regiment's activities have included annual Infantry training and qualification at Fort A. P.

This was the regiment's last major activity in Ireland, and they were ordered to prepare for foreign service in December.

The regiment's nickname, the " Cherry Pickers ", came from an incident during the Peninsular War, in which the 11th Light Dragoons ( as the regiment was then named ) were attacked while raiding an orchard at San Martin de Trebejo in Spain.

The regiment's first Victoria Cross came two years later in July 1917 awarded to Sergeant Robert Bye.

The regiment's next action came a month later, in September at the Battle of Harlem Heights.

In 1877, Her Majesty Queen Victoria, changed the regiment's name to the now more familiar Scots Guards In 1881, the 1st Battalion deployed to Dublin, Ireland and the following year the battalion, as part of the Guard Brigade, took part in an expedition to Egypt, which came about in response to a revolt led by Urabi Pasha, an Egyptian military officer.

Elsewhere in 1964 the regiment's alliance with the Canadian Winnipeg Grenadiers came to an end, ending an alliance that had existed since 1933.

The regiment's name came from the dark tartan that they wore and from its role to " watch " the Highlands.

The regiment's greatest loss of life came on 20 July 1982 when seven RGJ bandsmen were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb which exploded during a public concert featuring the music from Oliver!

In 1966 the regiment's short existence came to an end when it, along with the three other remaining regiments of the Home Counties Brigade, was amalgamated to form The Queen's Regiment, one of the new ' large ' regiments that were formed in the 1960s.

The regiment's brief existence came to an end when it amalgamated with three other battalions of the East Anglian Brigade on 1 September 1964, to form the ' large ' Royal Anglian Regiment.

This came about soon after the regiment's formation, when a competition was held to design an appropriate badge.

The regiment's grimmest hour came during the Pakistani invasion of Kashmir in 1947.

The regiment's first major action came during the Second Afghan War, although in this time it also served on the North-West Frontier and during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.

The regiment's first Victoria Cross came during operations in Somalia during the Third Somaliland Campaign in 1903, when then Captain William George Walker risked his life in an attempt to save the life of another officer who had been wounded during earlier fighting.