Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - Other Information

Other Information

Nickname 'The Farmers Boys'

  • Colonel-in-Chief: HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
  • Anniversaries: Maiwand (27 July 1880), Ferozeshah (21 December 1845), (Battle of Tofrek 22 March 1885)
  • Marches:
    • Quick: The Farmer's Boy
    • Slow: Auld Robin Grey
  • Alliances:
    • The Lincoln and Welland Regiment -- Canada (1959–1994)
    • The Algonquin Regiment -- Canada (1959–1994)
    • The Hawke's Bay Regiment—New Zealand
    • The Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles—the former Union of South Africa Defence Forces
    • 7th Battalion (Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
    • 13th Battalion, Frontier Force Regiment -- Pakistan

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