British Regiments Trivia Quiz

Answer: Honourable Artillery Company

The HAC were formed by Royal Charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII, although they can trace their history back to 1087.

Answer: Coldstream Guards

Formed in 1650 by George Monck and called Monck's Regiment of Foot, they fought for Parliament in the English Civil War before being left in Scotland. In 1660 Monck marched south in support of Charles II, crossing the River Tweed into England at the village of Coldstream.

As they entered Royal service after the Grenadier Guards, they are second in seniority in the Guards Division; this has led to their motto - "Second to None."

Answer: Rifles

At a time when the musket was still in widespread use (and had been dismissed as too slow by the French), the Rifle Brigade proved that accuracy often won against weight of fire. They were the first regular infantry corps in the army to wear green uniforms - the use of uniforms to camouflage technically being electronic warfare (defined as the use of the electromagnetic spectrum, which includes light).

Answer: Army Air Corps

The AAC has been involved in every military deployment since its foundation. In the Falklands War the first British casualties were two Gazelle pilots who were shot whilst swimming to safety. More recently, it deployed in Afghanistan with Apache, Lynx and Defender.

Answer: Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Their full name is the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys), or SCOTS DG for short. They can trace their history back to 1678 and have seen action in most major battles, from Blenheim and Waterloo to El Alamein and Iraq. In 2009 their Pipes and Drums were the first army band to win a Classical BRIT Award.

The mascot is a Drum Horse called Ramillies, who was presented to the Regiment by HM The Queen in 1989 and stands at over 18 hands.

Answer: Royal Logistics Corps

Nicknamed the "Really Large Corps," the RLC is the amalgamation of the Royal Corps of Transport, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, the Royal Pioneer Corps, the Army Catering Corps and the Royal Engineers Postal and Courier Service.

It also has 5 battle honours (from when they have been used as heavy cavalry in extremis); Peninsula, Waterloo, Lucknow, Taku Forts and Pekin.

Answer: Royal Regiment of Scotland

The Royal Scots were the oldest infantry if the line regiment in the British Army, dating back to 1633, and they now form part of the 1 SCOTS. There are 5 regular battalions and two TA.

Answer: Royal Gurkha Rifles

The British East India Company started recruiting Gurkhas after the Gurkha War (1814-1816) in which the British fought against them. They were so impressed with the bravery of the Gurkhas that they made Nepal a protectorate and recruited Gurkhas into the British East India Company's army (and later into the British Army).

India also has 6 Gurkha Rifle regiments, Singapore has a Gurkha Contingent in its police force and around 2,000 British Gurkha veterans serve in Brunei's Gurkha Reserve Unit.

Answer: Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (RWY)

HRH the Earl of Wessex wore the uniform of the RWY at the Royal Wedding in 2011 in his capacity as Royal Honorary Colonel of the RWxY.

Each of the four squadrons take their cap badge and traditions from their original respective Yeomanry regiment (Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Devon). Their TRF shows a broken spur - in memory of when Sir Edmund Allenby reorganised the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Dismounted Brigades of Yeomanry as infantry brigades during the First World War.

Answer: The Parachute Regiment

In just 70 years the Parachute Regiment has been involved in some of the most famous battles in that period, including the Normandy Landings (including Pegasus Bridge), Operation Market Garden, the Falkland War (including the Battle of Goose Green) and the Iraq War (Op Telic).

Answer: The Household Cavalry Regiment

The HCR (and HCMR) were formed following the "Options for Change" restructuring of the British Army from the Life Guards and the Blues & Royals. Although the antecedent regiments were allowed to keep their identity (including their own uniforms and Regimental Headquarters), the HCR is the operation unit that Prince Harry deployed with.

Answer: Royal Army Legal & Educational Corps

The Army's legal and educational needs are met by the Army Legal Services Branch and the Educational and Training Services Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps.

Answer: Royal Engineers

The Royal Engineers AFC is the only Army team to have won the FA Cup, doing so against Old Etonians in 1875. They were also runners-up in 1872, 1874 and 1878.

Answer: Special Air Service

The SAS were originally called "L Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade" in order to make the Nazis believe that there was a sizeable Allied paratrooper presence in North Africa.

Answer: Royal Tank Regiment

It's official motto, which can be seen on its capbadge, is "Fear Naught." The order of colours on the Regiment's tactical recognition flash (brown, red, green) can be remembered by "from mud, through blood, to the green fields beyond."