"I respectfully beg to bring to your notice, and to strongly protest against, what I consider is an usurpation of the rights and privileges of the Regiment under my command, by the establishment of 'GRENADIERS' to all battalions of the Army by Army Order of the 11th October 1915, and would venture to suggest that the name of 'GRENADIERS' given to Regimental Bomb Throwers be altered to 'BOMBERS.' "In the _London Gazette_ of 29th July 1815 the First Regiment of Foot Guards had bestowed upon it the title of 'First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards' in commemoration of their having defeated the Grenadiers of the French Imperial Guard at the Battle of Waterloo. "This distinction the Regiment has proudly borne for the past 100 years, and it is a source of regret to all ranks that at this period, when there are four battalions of the Regiment upon Active Service, this title, which was granted exclusively to the Grenadier Guards as a reward for services in the Field, should in any way be invalidated." On receipt of Colonel Streatfeild's protest, Lord Cavan wrote to General Headquarters: "I beg with great deference to raise a question of privilege. The word and title Grenadier is now seen in all official documents to denote a man who throws a bomb. This title was given to the First Guards for service rendered at Waterloo, and they are naturally jealous of the honour." "In conversation the word bomber is general, but if this is not sufficiently dignified for official documents I most respectfully suggest that 'bomb thrower' be the recognised title." To this the Adjutant-General at General Headquarters in France sent the following reply: "The term bomb is officially confined to projectiles fired from trench mortars or dropped from aeroplanes. Projectiles thrown by hand are 'grenades.' "The G.O.C. Guards Division is in error in supposing that the Grenadier Guards are the only Regiment in which the word grenadier forms part of the title of the Regiment. "It would appear that the term Grenadiers is merely an unofficial abbreviation of Grenadier Guards, and does not appear in any official documents in relation to that Regiment. "The Grenade fired proper is the badge of many Regiments, and it would seem that a claim to the sole use of the title 'Grenadier' has as little foundation as one to be the only wearers of the Grenade badge. "It would seem that Modern Warfare has necessitated a partial return to the Grenadier Companies of former days which it is believed existed without any prejudice to the rights of the Grenadier Guards." Lord Cavan, however, could not let the matter rest there, and again wrote to the Adjutant-General on December 22, meeting the arguments put forward by him. He said: "I beg respectfully to reply to the remarks of the A.G.