THE DEATH OR GLORY BOY S
... The 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers have as their badge a death's head and as their motto the words, Or Glory. They were formed in 1759 as light dragoons and began their fighting career in Germany (1761). They have fought in America, the West Indies, Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, the Crimea, the Mutiny, and in South Africa, 1879 and 1900. The Duke of Cambridge is the colonel-in-chief, and ...