_Head-dress_, Bearskin cap with red plume on right side. _Forage cap_, Blue, with white band. _Regimental March_, "Milanello." Buttons on the Tunic are placed in twos. COLDSTREAM GUARDS The Coldstream Guards was originally formed from Sir A. Hesselrig's and Colonel Fenwick's Regiments of Foot, and obtained its title from Monck's celebrated march from Coldstream in January, 1660, to restore King Charles II. The regiment was also known as the "Nulli Secundus Club," and "The Coldstreamers." This is the only regiment of the Parliamentary Army that was not disbanded at the Restoration in 1660. Under Marlborough it shared in the great victories of Oudenarde and Malplaquet, and at many sieges and encounters down to the peace of 1713. It took part in most of the great battles of the Peninsular War. At Waterloo it was posted on the ridge above Hougoumont, and to it fell the honour of defending the Chateau of Hougoumont--the key of the British position--throughout that memorable day, and nobly was that duty performed. During the Crimean War the regiment fought splendidly, as it has on every subsequent occasion, and has worthily upheld its motto of _Nulli Secundus_. [Illustration] (_Regimental Headquarters_: Buckingham Gate, S.W.) "Namur, 1695," "Dettingen," "Lincelles," "Talavera," "Barrosa," "Fuentes d'Onor," "Nive," "Peninsula," "Waterloo," "Alma," "Inkerman," "Sevastopol," "Tel-el-Kebir," "Egypt, 1882," "Suakin, 1885," "Modder River," "South Africa, 1899-1902." Motto: _Nemo me impune lacessit_ (No one provokes me with impunity). _Uniform_, Scarlet. _Facings_, Blue. _Head-dress_, Bearskin cap. _Forage cap_, Blue, diced border. _Regimental March_, "Highland Laddie." Buttons on the tunic are placed in threes. SCOTS GUARDS The origin of this distinguished corps is uncertain, the regimental papers having been destroyed by fire in 1841; but it was raised about 1639, and was originally called by the same name it now bears, which, however, had been for a long time in disuse, and was only in 1877 restored to the corps by the late Queen Victoria. Previously it had been styled "The Scots Fusilier Guards" and the "3rd Foot Guards." Throughout its long career it has ever been distinguished for its valour and discipline. At Namur it advanced without firing a shot, but exposed to the murderous fire of the enemy from the ramparts, close up to the palisades, when they poured in their volleys and put the enemy to confusion. It distinguished itself at Lincelles for its coolness, steady fire and gallant bayonet charge. During the Peninsular War it was constantly engaged, and there and at subsequent battles not only upheld the traditions of the regiment, but gained a reputation no troops could surpass. Nicknamed "The Jocks." [Illustration] (_Regimental Headquarters_, Buckingham Gate, S.W.) Motto: _Quis separabit?_ (Who shall separate?) _Uniform_, Scarlet. _Facings_, Blue.