Trooper's Trivia Mk 5

[trooper]

(1) Which British born Hollywood star served in the Royal Horse Guards?
(2) Which British regiment was given the derisory nickname of "Rusty Buckles"?
(3) In which year was the back flash universally adopted by the Royal Welsh Fusiliers?
(4) Who commanded the British battalion that mysteriously "vanished" during thr Gallipoli campaign?
(5) What is wrong with this picture and why?

[aujj65]

2) 2nd Dragoon Guards
5) The bugle was held in the left hand.

Jeff

[trooper]

one out of two Jeff.

[aujj65]

Number 5 is not correct! :o

1) Tommy Cooper was a Trooper in the RHG's during WW2 - probably not the answer your after though.

4) Lt Col Proctor

Jeff

[trooper]

And that one is not quite correct.

[1879fanatic]

5. Haversack and canteen are supposed to be saddled when mounted , not worn,

Mike

[1879fanatic]

1. Ray Milland

[trooper]

Milland is correct, Mike. Answer to (5) not.

[Mascleo]

5. Canteen has incorrect markings (should be "B_O") and the headgear for the Bugler is wrong.

[Mascleo]

4. Colonel Sir Horace Proctor Beauchamp commanded the 5th Battalion. They made a movie about them called "All the Kings Men", but it only concentrates on Captain Frank Beck and the Sandringham Company (mostly made up of employees of the Royal Estate). Netflix has it.

[trooper]

Correct on (4) Macleo, not on (5)

[Wraith]

(3) 1808?

[Wraith]

(5) Wrong Horse? Should be a Greeen, I mean Grey?

[trooper]

Wrong on both counts mon General. Green horse? That was the old nickname for the 5th Dragoon Guards, or Bernard's Horse as I term them!

[Wraith]

Wrong on both counts mon General. Green horse? That was the old nickname for the 5th Dragoon Guards, or Bernard's Horse as I term them!

I think I prefer your terminology, has a nice ring about it. :D

[trooper]

OK, that leaves only questions (3) and (5) to be answered and to be quite honest I am astonished. I hesitated about including (5) because the answer is so blatently obvious I was sure it would be got immediately, in the end I included it to add visual content to the quizz, and it is STILL there!! I am quite dissconbobulated.

[beating retreat]

no 5 the trumpeters coat should not have musicians chevrons on it was only infantry that had these distinctions

[beating retreat]

no 3 formally approved December 1834 officers, Wo,s SSgts in 1890 all ranks by 1900

[trooper]

Well done! Perfectly correct on (3), right answer but wrong reason on (5). Some cavalry trumpeters did have the chevrons up the arms but the regulation of September 1811 ordered them to be done away with and for the trumpeter's jackets to conform to the troopers. As the illustrated figures are wearing the jacket introduced in 1812 the lace, chevrons and wings are totally wrong and would never have been worn. So, the score is now 4-2, have to put my thinking cap on.