Exhibits trace the regiment's history, and include displays of photographs, paintings, weapons, badges, medals, uniforms and regimental regalia.

The regiment's battle honors for the First World War include Le Cateau, Ypres, Loos, Somme, Cambrai, Gallipoli and Gaza.

The exhibits include artifacts and photographs displaying the regiment's history in various campaigns, include the Crimean War, the North-West Frontier of India, the Boer War, World War I and World War II.

The regiment's museum is located at Clandon Park, a historic house operated by the National Trust in West Clandon Exhibits include uniforms, medals, weapons, regalia, photographs and memorabilia.

These officers should include the regiment's past and present commanding officers as well as Honorary Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel.

Exhibits focus on the regiment's history and activities, and include uniforms, medals, weapons and artifacts from different wars.

In 1900, Sergeant Brian Lawrence won the regiment's fifth and final VC at Essenbosch Farm.

On Monday 30 August 2010, Corporal Brian Pinksen died of his wounds eight days after being injured by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, making him the regiment's first combat fatality since the First World War.

He failed to see any action during his time in India, missing out on his regiment's turn at the frontier, as he was in England on sick leave for a hernia operation.

Duties varied: riots were suppressed in Belfast, England, and the Middle East ; bases were garrisoned in places such as the North-West Frontier Province and West Germany ; and reviews and parades conducted throughout the regiment's history.

He rose to Lieutenant in 1770 and served in Minorca from 1771 to 1775 being promoted to Captain on the regiment's return to England.

The Lion of England is known as the regiment's " Ancient Badge " and provides inspiration for the regimental nickname-first adopted by the 2nd Battalion in August 2009-" Lions of England ".

The regiment's squadrons were all based in the North-West of England: 42 Signal Squadron was based in Manchester ; 55 Signal Squadron was based in Huyton ; 59 Signal Squadron was based in Aintree ; and 80 Signal Squadron was based in Runcorn.

The regiment's mascot is a wooden Indian named Chief Petawawa-Much, who was taken on strength to replace Little Chief, a massive pewter Indian taken from the roof of a canning factory in Picton prior to the regiment's departure for England in 1939.

Part of the 12th Chasseurs had been sent to Montmédy to protect the royal family on its flight to Varennes, making it necessary for the regiment to defend its honor and loyalty to the Republic ; Murat and the regiment's adjutant made a speech to the assembly at Toul to that effect.

Violence had declined in frequency and casualties reduced in number ; however, a new method of attack emerged during the regiment's two-year posting to County Londonderry as a resident infantry battalion in 1990.

It also notes how news of the regiment's courage spurred the recruitment of numerous black volunteers, and by the end of the war, there were more than 180, 000 African American men in uniform ; a fact which President Lincoln considered instrumental in securing a victory for the Union.

On 20 October 1871, the first regular Canadian army units were created, in the form of two batteries of garrison artillery ; thus, that date is considered the regiment's birthday.

Normally, the regiment's training starts at the beginning of May, in preparation for the Atholl Gathering at the end of the month ; however, if new recruits join, they must gain a standard of foot and arms drill before being permitted to parade with the rest of the regiment, which they practice between January and March.

After two months of constant patrolling by both battalions, 6 RAR was engaged in the action that would become a defining part of the regiment's war in Vietnam ; the Battle of Long Tan.

Their full dress uniform is very similar to that of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army: a scarlet or blue tunic ; blue trousers ; and a bearskin with the regiment's cap badge ( the Sun and Royal Coat of Arms ); together with the symbolic infantry sabre, which is part of the spoils from the First Schleswig War 1848-1850 and originally a French infantry sabre.

During its existence, the deployments of the regiment's battalions were primarily to Northern Ireland ( NI ), especially during the more turbulent times of the 1970s and 1980s, attempting to keep the peace between the opposing Catholic and Protestant factions, and taking part in anti-terrorist operations against the numerous paramilitary organisations: the regiment lost nine men during its many tours of NI ; however, its battalions did deploy to many overseas postings during the regiment's existence, including many deployments to West Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine ( BAOR ).

* Maltese Cross-the Maltese Cross of the Royal Green Jackets is worn as a buckle on the cross belt, and will contain the regiment's representative battle honours ; currently one space is kept free for future honours.

As the regiment's name suggests, it is responsible for patrolling the north of Queensland, with its Area of Responsibility covering from Cardwell in north Queensland, north to the Torres Strait, including Cape York and the Gulf Country and west to the Northern Territory border ; in total some.

After the war, Tanaka told his subordinates to destroy the unit colors, but not to commit suicide ; burning the regiment's banners would be enough payment.

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.

However, the regiment's discipline suffered heavily from the move ; in Gibraltar, they had had little interaction with the Spanish-speaking local population, whilst here they could freely socialise in the town.

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.

The regiment's conduct during the war compelled Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer -- a distinguished British officer during World War II and a man instrumental in the defeat of the CTs during the Emergency — to state that, " there has been no better regiment in Malaya during the ten years of the emergency and very few as good ".

The Regiment ’ s first ever Colonel-in-Chief, Field Marshal HRH The Duke of Kent visited the Regiment in 1979 and 1983 and presented the unit with a new Regimental and Queen's colour on 14 September 1991 in Brampton on the occasion of the regiment's 125th birthday.

Notable events included a Victoria Cross for Captain Francis Octavius Grenfell for his actions in saving the guns of 119th Battery, Royal Field Artillery on 24 August 1914 ( he was later killed in action on 24 May 1915, as was his twin brother, Riversdale, a yeomanry officer who attached to 9th Lancers ), and the regiment's participation in the final " lance on lance " action of the First World War on 7 September 1914 at Moncel in which Lieutenant Colonel David Campbell led a charge of two troops of B Squadron and overthrew a squadron of the 1st Guard Dragoons.

He proposed at his regiment's 1872 annual prize giving the formation of a reservist Telegraph and Postal Corps and in 1877 the War Office established a committee “ to consider the formation of a Corps for the performance of Postal Duties in the Field ”.

The transfer of the property of the 4th Army ( except for part of the property of the 366th Motor Rifle Regiment of the 23rd Motor Rifle Division captured by Armenian armed formations in 1992 during the regiment's withdrawal from Stepanakert ) and the 49th arsenal was completed in 1992.

In the Boer War and throughout the First World War, the army officially called the regiment " The Royal Welsh Fusiliers " but the archaic " Welch " was officially restored to the regiment's title in 1920 under Army Order No. 56.

* The 56th ( West Essex ) Regiment of Foot, a unit of the British Army that existed from 1755 to 1881, was nicknamed " The Pompadours ", as the purple facing of the regiment's uniform was allegedly Pompadour's favourite colour.

Orde Wingate's son, Orde Jonathan Wingate, joined the Honourable Artillery Company after a regular Army career in the Royal Artillery and became the regiment's commanding officer and later regimental colonel.

British Army regiments typically have an honorary " colonel ", often a member of the Royal Family or a prominent retired military officer with connections to the regiment, who functions as a kind of patron or guardian of the regiment's interests in high government circles.

Displays focus on the regiment's activities since its founding in 1633 up to contemporary Army life.

While the 2nd Gurkhas became one of the four Gurkha regiments to transfer to the British Army, the regiment's 4th Battalion was transferred to the Indian Army as 5th Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles ( Sirmoor Rifles ) where it exists to this day.

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.

Under the restructuring of the Territorial Army announced in March 2006, all five squadrons of the Royal Yeomanry have adopted the role of formation CBRN reconnaissance and the regiment's established strength has increased to 561 personnel.

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 regiment's 2nd Battalion moved from Alexandria Barracks, Dhekelia after two years in Cyprus to Woolwich Garrison, London, to take up a Public Duties role as of August 2010 with the battalion's corps of drums performing at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace and now attaining the role of the best corps of drums in the British Army.

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!

The regiment's formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by the then Secretary of Defence Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the British Army Infantry-it consists of three regular battalions, plus a territorial battalion, and was created through the merger of three single battalion regiments: The 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment became 1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment.

The regiment's earliest forebears were the 4th, or Kings Own Regiment of Foot, formed in 1680 as the 2nd Tangier Regiment, the fourth Foot regiment in seniority in the British Army.

Although the 1st Hussars did not participate as a unit, 27 of the regiment's members went to South Africa with other units of the Canadian Army.

Today the regiment's mission is: " To provide the Australian Army with information by conducting surveillance operations to contribute to an effective Australian Defence Force surveillance network in the North West of Australia ( Pilbara Region ).

The TA would also be further integrated into the Army, with battalions being numbered into the regiment's structure.

As such, they are required to attain a senior non-commissioned officer rank ( Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Colour Sergeant, or Warrant Officer ) and have successfully completed the Pipe Major's Course at the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming before they would be appointed the regiment's Pipe Major.

The regiment's most notable service came in the New Mexico Campaign in the spring of 1862, in which they helped repulse the advance of the Army of New Mexico under Henry Hopkins Sibley at the battles of Glorieta Pass and Peralta.

This is the date of organization officially recognized as the start of the regiment's lineage by the U. S. Army.