Hi Pat
What ever it means to people..... its still an ugly thing...... and does not appeal to me in the slightest. If people think it makes them appear tougher by wearing it..... then they are sadly deluded. The Brit 17th have never made a big thing about it.... the reason for "the Motto's ...
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- Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:26 pm
- Forum: Archived Public Forum - 2002 to 2023
- Topic: Death's Head and Cavalry units
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- Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:18 pm
- Forum: Archived Public Forum - 2002 to 2023
- Topic: Death's Head and Cavalry units
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Re: Death's Head and Cavalry units
Hi Pat
I know this..... the British 17th Lancers "Motto" is nothing to do with anything German or anything with "that" kind sinister meaning. It was created out of sentiment for General Wolfe and is never known as a "deaths head" or "Skull & Bones"..... it is always reffered to as "the motto ...
I know this..... the British 17th Lancers "Motto" is nothing to do with anything German or anything with "that" kind sinister meaning. It was created out of sentiment for General Wolfe and is never known as a "deaths head" or "Skull & Bones"..... it is always reffered to as "the motto ...
- Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:37 pm
- Forum: Archived Public Forum - 2002 to 2023
- Topic: Death's Head and Cavalry units
- Replies: 99
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Re: Death's Head and Cavalry units
17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
http://www.qrl.uk.com/history/17th.gif
This badge is known as "The Motto" and always reffered to as such.
Origin Of The Regiment 1759
The decisive battle in the war with the French in Canada occurred at Quebec on the 13th of September 1759. At this ...
http://www.qrl.uk.com/history/17th.gif
This badge is known as "The Motto" and always reffered to as such.
Origin Of The Regiment 1759
The decisive battle in the war with the French in Canada occurred at Quebec on the 13th of September 1759. At this ...