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| Army funding cuts threaten famous 'death or glory' cap badge | Army funding cuts threaten famous 'death or glory' cap badge |
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| One of the army's most famous cap badges – a skull and crossbones, supported by the words "Or Glory" – could disappear as a result of the cuts. | One of the army's most famous cap badges – a skull and crossbones, supported by the words "Or Glory" – could disappear as a result of the cuts. |
| The badge, known as "the motto", is worn by the Queen's Royal Lancers. | The badge, known as "the motto", is worn by the Queen's Royal Lancers. |
| The QRL, equipped with Challenger battle tanks, is to merge with another cavalry regiment, victims of the perceived policy to end warfare involving heavy armour. | The QRL, equipped with Challenger battle tanks, is to merge with another cavalry regiment, victims of the perceived policy to end warfare involving heavy armour. |
| The badge of "death or glory boys" as they liked to be called, was chosen in 1759. The Queen's Royal Lancers emerged from a number of regiments which took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean war, Waterloo, the last great British cavalry charge at Omdurman in Sudan in which a young Lieutenant Winston Churchill led a troop, and Ypres in the first world war. | The badge of "death or glory boys" as they liked to be called, was chosen in 1759. The Queen's Royal Lancers emerged from a number of regiments which took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean war, Waterloo, the last great British cavalry charge at Omdurman in Sudan in which a young Lieutenant Winston Churchill led a troop, and Ypres in the first world war. |
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