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Regimental Nicknames
Hustler Soap - 1924

Notes:  Cards are approximately 1-1/2" x 2-3/8".  Card fronts feature full-
colour artwork and card backs feature descriptive text.

No.   Regiment                                            Nickname

  1   The Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment                  Pontius Pilate's Bodyguard
  2   The Scots Guards                                    The Jocks
  3   The Grenadier Guards                                Coal Heavers
  4   The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment            Kirke's Lambs
  5   The Royal Regiment of Artillery                     The Gunners
  6   Royal North British Dragoons                        Royal Scots Greys / Bubbly Jocks
  7   Corps of Royal Engineers                            Mudlarks
  8   The Royal Highlanders                               The Black Watch
  9   Royal Marines (Artillery and Infantry)              The Jollies
 10   The Royal Welsh Fusiliers                           Nanny Goats / Royal Goats
 11   The Essex Regiment                                  The Pompadours
 12   7th Queen's Own Hussars                             The Strawboots
 13   2nd Dragoon Guards                                  The Queen's Bays
 14   The Worcestershire Regiment                         The Vein Openers
 15   17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers              Death or Glory Boys
 16   The Life Guards                                     The Cheesemongers
 17   The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)            The Sweeps
 18   The Norfolk Regiment                                The Holy Boys
 19   The Northamptonshire Regiment                       The Steelbacks
 20   The Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Regiment    The Die-Hards
 21   The Devonshire Regiment                             The Bloody Eleventh
 22   The Gloucestershire Regiment                        The Slashers
 23   The Royal Army Service Corps                        The Commos
 24   The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment                      The Holland Regiment
 25   The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)       Elegant Extracts
 26   11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars                  Light Brigade
 27   13th Hussars                                        Munden's Dragoons / The Geraniums
 28   The 16th (Queen's) Lancers                          Scarlet Lancers
 29   The 8th Dragoon Guards                              Carabiniers
 30   Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders                   The Thin Red Line