- List of fictional British regiments
The following is a list of British and Empire regiments that have appeared in various works of fiction.
British Regiments
**Numbered United Kingdom Regiments:
*3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment ("The Devils in Skirts") (A Highland Regiment mentioned in "Carry On up the Khyber " 1968 film {Carry On films })
*3rd Regular ArmyDeserters , 3rd DisgustingFusiliers , and 3rd MountedNAAFI are examples of the regiments that Major Bloodnok (played byPeter Sellers of "The Goon Show ") claimed to have served with.
*6th Light Dragoons ("A Close Run Thing" byAllan Mallinson )
*27th Lancers ("The Charge of the Light Brigade" 1936 film) - later a real regiment
*114th Queen's Own Royal Strathspeys [The James Ogilvie books] by Philip McCutchan aka Duncan MacNeil {Also repeated below}
*117th Foot ("The Royal Mallows ") (An Irish regiment mentioned in "The Adventure of the Crooked Man " and "The Green Flag " bySir Arthur Conan Doyle . A real regiment that only existed from 1761 to 1796, sans nickname}.
**Named regiments:
*TheBedford Light Infantry ("Red Cap" BBC-1 TV series 2001-2004)
*TheBlack Boneens A rival Irish regiment mentioned in "The Mutiny of the Mavericks" byRudyard Kipling .
*TheBlack Tyrone An Irish regiment serving in India mentioned in "The Ballad of Boh da Thone" by Rudyard Kipling.
*Bombardier Guards ("The Book of Snobs " byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray ; "Put Out More Flags " byEvelyn Waugh )
*Caledonia n Highlanders ("Bonnie Scotland" 1935 film {Laurel and Hardy })
*The Chosen Men -Sharpe Books by Bernard Cornwell and Tv series.
*TheCumbria ns (Duke of Rutland 's Own) ("Soldier Soldier " TV series 1991-1997)
*TheDerbyshire Regiment ("Red Cap" BBC-1 TV Series 2001-2004)
*The Dragons (Heathercrest National Service Depot) Regiment (Carry On Sergeant 1958 film {Carry On films })
*Duke of Buckingham's Light Infantry ("The Sky Blues") ("Gideon's Sword Bearers" byJohn Mackenzie (author) )
*Duke of Clarence 's Own Clanranald Highlanders ("The Inverness-shire Greens") ("The Monarch of the Glen " byCompton Mackenzie )
*The Duke of Glendon's Light Infantry (The 'Dogs') (The Way Ahead 1944 Film)
*The Fore and Fit Princess Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen-Anspach’s Merther-Tydfilshire Own Royal Loyal Light Infantry, Regimental District 329A ("The Fore and Aft" Regiment) ("Drums of the Fore and Aft " byRudyard Kipling )
*King's Own Fusiliers ("Soldier Soldier " TV series 1991-1997)
*Lennox Highlanders (Richard Hannay 's regiment in the works ofJohn Buchan )
*Jackboot Guards ("The Book of Snobs " byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray )
*Life Guards Green (various novels byWilliam Makepeace Thackeray )
*Light Armoured Brigade (Thursday Next novels byJasper Fforde )
*Loamshire Regiment ("Bulldog Drummond " by "Sapper")
**Royal Loamshire Regiment (A fictitious regiment used in British Army texts and manuals as an example.)
**1st Battalion, The Loamshire Regiment ("The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp " 1943 film)
**5th Battalion, The Loamshire Regiment ("Men at Arms" byEvelyn Waugh )
*Lord Sempill’s Highland Regiment (A unit that mutinied mentioned in "Gideon's Swordbearers" by John Mackenzie)
*The Malvern Regiment ("Soldier Soldier " TV series 1991-1997)
*Northdale Rifles ("The Mark of Cain" 2007 TV film)
*Queen's Own McKamikaze Highlanders ("Monty Python's Flying Circus " TV comedy series)
*114th Queen's Own Royal Strathspeys [The James Ogilvie books] by Philip McCutchan aka Duncan MacNeil {ALso repeated above}
*Queen's Own West Mercian Lowlanders ("Fairly Secret Army " TV comedy series)
*Royal Cambrian Fusiliers ("Red Cap" BBC-1 TV Series 2001-2004)
*Royal Corps of Halberdiers ("TheSword of Honour Trilogy" byEvelyn Waugh )
*Royal Cumbrian Regiment ("The Four Feathers" byA.E.W. Mason )
*The Royal Loyal Musketeers ("The Mavericks") An Irish regiment mentioned in "Kim" and "The Mutiny of the Mavericks" by Rudyard Kipling
*Royal North Surrey Regiment "{The Four Feathers " 1939 Film}
*Royal Wessex Rangers ("Spearhead" British TV series 1978-1981)
*South Essex Regiment/Prince of Wales' Own Volunteers (Richard Sharpe's regiment in the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell)
*Weald Light Infantry ("Now God be Thanked" trilogy byJohn Masters ).
*Wessex Guards ("Pigeon Pie " byNancy Mitford )
*Wessex Fusiliers ("Alms for Oblivion" - a series of novels bySimon Raven )
*Wessex Light Tank Armoured Brigade ("The Well of Lost Plots" byJasper Fforde )
*TheWessex Regiment ("Red Cap" BBC-1 TV Series 2001-2004)
*West Yorkshire Fusiliers (The Wyffies) Various ofReginald Hill 's "Dalziel and Pascoe " crime novels.
*The White Hussars"The Rout of the White Hussars" by Rudyard KiplingBritish Empire Regiments
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1st Bangalore Pioneers (ColonelSebastian Moran 's old Indian Army regiment in "The Adventure of the Empty House " by SirArthur Conan Doyle )
*12th Gurkha Rifles (Colonel Arbuthnot's regiment in "Murder on the Orient Express " byAgatha Christie )
*12th Indian Lancers (Major Duncan Bleek's regiment in "Terror by Night " 1946 film {Sherlock Holmes }).
*19th/45th East African Rifles (Captain Blackadder's old colonial regiment before the war in "Blackadder Goes Forth")
*34th Bombay Infantry (Major John Sholto's regiment in "The Sign of Four " bySir Arthur Conan Doyle )
*77th Bengal Lancers ("Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers " American TV show 1956-1957).pecial Operations Units
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Internal Counter-Intelligence Service "UNIT" audio dramas byBig Finish set in the (Doctor Who ) universe.
*U.N.I.T. (Doctor Who )
*Red Troop, 22nd Special Air Service Regiment ("Ultimate Force " TV series 2002-2006)"See also:
List of fictional military organizations "
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