Am I right in thinking you like quirky bits of history? If so this might interest you. Because of the losses at The Somme it was decided to raise a battalion of infantry from the 3 regiments of Household Cavalry in August 1916. They had a Kings colour but were known as troopers and paid the cavalry rate and called The Household Battalion, they were disbanded in February 1918 as their losses proved to great to fill from the Household Cavalry. They won 10 battle honours but the colonel of the battalion wished them to be put on the parent regiments standards. The full story can be seen at www.theoldoaktree.net acorn magazines, 1978, page 29. Peter Brown