A mari usque ad mare |
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Acer |
The maple tree (L.) |
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RCIC |
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Acer acerpori |
As the maple, so the sapling (L.) |
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RCACC |
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Action from knowledge |
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Adsum |
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Advance |
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Aere perennius |
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Airaghardt |
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Air son ar duthchais |
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Ake ake kia kaha |
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Albainn gu brath |
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Amor patriae |
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Animo et fide |
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Arma pacis fulcra |
Armed strength for peace (L.) |
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HAC |
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Arte et marte |
By skill and by fighting (L.) |
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REME |
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EME |
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Aucto splendore resurgo |
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Audax et cautus |
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Auspicium melioris aevi |
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Aut cursu, aut cominus armis |
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Bon coeur et bon bras |
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Bydand |
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Cabar feidh |
The antlers of the deer (Gael.) |
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72 Highlanders |
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Carry on |
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Cede nullis |
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Celer et audax |
Swift and bold (L.) |
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KRRC |
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Celer et fortis |
Swift and strong (L.) |
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BCR |
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Certa cito |
Swift and sure (L.) |
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Royal Signals |
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Cos Cheum Nach Gabh Tilleadh |
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Courage |
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Cuidich 'n Righ |
Help to the King (Gael.)
Orthography changed 1869 by WO Order from
"Cuidich 'n Rhi". According to legend, Colin , Lord
Kintail, ancestor of Mackenzies of Seaforth, creid this while
saving Alexander III from an angry stag. |
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Highlanders,
QO Hlders, Seaforth,
78 Hlders |
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Seaforth
of Canada |
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Cymru am Byth |
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Deas gu gath |
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Death or glory |
[see also: Or glory] |
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24 LD |
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Defence not defiance |
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Dieu et mon droit |
God and my Right (Fr.) |
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1 KDG |
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Dieu et patrie |
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Dileas gu bas |
Faithful unto death (Gael.) |
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SDGH |
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Dileas gu brath |
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Discipline by example |
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Droit au but |
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Ducimus |
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Esprit d'initiative |
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Et princeps cura nostra |
Our country and our ruler are our concern (L.) |
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GGFG
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Ex coelis |
From the clouds (L.) |
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CAR |
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Ex dentibus ensis |
From the teeth a sword (L.) |
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RADC
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Exemplo ducemus |
We lead by example (L.) |
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RMP
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Fac et spera |
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Facta non verba |
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Faithful |
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DLI |
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Faugh-a-ballagh |
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Fear naught |
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Fiat justicia |
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Fide et fiducia |
In faith and trust (L.) |
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RAPC
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Fidelis et paratus |
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Fidelis patrice |
Faithful to the fatherland (L.) |
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York |
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Fideliter |
More faithful (L.) |
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PLF |
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Fidus et audax |
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Fior go bas |
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Firm |
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WSFR, Worcestershire, 36 Foot |
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Force a superbe mercy a foible |
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Fortiter et fideliter |
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Free and fearless |
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Gwell angau na chywilydd |
Better death than dishonour (Welsh) |
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RRW,
Welch |
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Hodie non cras |
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Honi soit qui mal y pense |
Evil be to him who evil thinks (Fr.)
Motto of the Order
of the Garter |
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Life
Guards, R Horse
Gds, Blues and
Royals, 1 KDG, 6 DG, 6 Innisk Dgns, 7 Queen's Hussars, 9/12
Royal Lancers, 9 Queen's Royal Lancers, 14/20 King's Hussars,
14 King's Hussars, 19 Royal Hussars, 21 Lancers, Grenadier
Guards, East Surrey, Royal Sussex, KORBR, KORR, Border,
RRF, Royal Warwickshire, Royal Fusiliers, Manchester Regt, Royal
Anglian, Royal Norfolk, Royal Lincolnshire, Bedforshire and
Hertfordshire, Somerset LI, East Yorkshire, Green Howards, RSF,
Gloucestershire, Sherwood Foresters, Royal Hampshire, Staffordshire,
South Staffordshire, QOCH, RGJ, OBLI |
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RRC,
RMontreal,
RCOC, RCAPC
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Honneur et devoir |
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Hostie acie nominati |
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Ich dien |
I serve (Ger.)
Motto of the Prince of Wales |
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3 PoW DG, 3rd
Carabiniers, 10 Royal Hussars, Royal
Hussars, 12 Royal Lancers, Middlesex, Cheshire, RWF, South
Lancashire, 82 Foot, North Staffordshire, DERR, Royal Berkshire,
Wiltshire, York and Lancaster |
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RRC,
Princess
of Wales's Own, Lanark&Renfrew |
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4/19PWLH |
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Imperium et libertas |
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In arduis fidelis |
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In hoc signo stabilitas |
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In hoc signo vinces |
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In pace paratus |
In peace prepared (L.) |
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QOR
|
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Inter pericula intrepidi |
Fearless amidst danger (L.) |
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LSSR |
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In this sign conquer |
(see also In hoc signo vinces) |
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RAChD |
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RCAChD |
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In veritate religionis confido |
In the truth of religion I trust (L.) |
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KOSB |
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Invicta |
Unconquered (L.) |
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Buffs, QORWK, 50 Foot |
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Je me souviens |
I remember (Fr.) |
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R22R |
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Je suis prest |
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Justicia in armis |
Justice in arms (L.) |
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ALC |
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J'y suis en garde |
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Kaphar hunnu bhanda marnu ramro |
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Kia mate toa |
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Kia pono tonu |
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Kia toa |
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Kloshe nanitch |
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Labor omnia vincit |
Work overcomes all (L.) |
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RPC |
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Loyally I serve |
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QLR |
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Loyauté m'oblige |
Loyalty binds me (Fr.) |
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Loyals |
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Manui dat cognitio vires |
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Mens sana in corpore sano |
A sound mind in a sound body (L.) |
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APTC |
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Mente et manu |
With mind and hand (L.) |
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4 QOH, QRIH |
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Merebimur |
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Montis insignia Calpe |
In the sign of Mount Calpe (L.)
Motto of Gibraltar, Calpe being its original
name. The arms of Gibraltar (Castle and Key with motto) were
awarded as a badge and battle honour to regiments for defence
of the Rock during various sieges. See also Major
Badge Motifs. |
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Suffolk, Northamptonshire, 58 Foot, Essex, HLI
|
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Mox surgere victor |
Soon to rise as victor (L.) |
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81 Foot |
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Ne obliviscaris |
Do not forget (L.)
Motto of the Dukes of Argyll |
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A&SH, 91 Highlanders |
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Nec aspera terrent |
Not even hardships deter us (L.) |
|
QOH, 3 King's Hussars, Duke
of Lancaster's Regt, King's Regt, King's Regt (Liverpool),
POWORY, West Yorkshire, RWF, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 27th
Foot |
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RRC |
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Ne kah ne tah |
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Nemo me impune lacessit |
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Nemo nos impune lacessit |
Nobody assails us with impunity (L.) |
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RHF
|
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Nerth Mewn Undod |
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Nil sine labore |
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Nisi Dominus frustra |
Unless the Lord be with us all is in vain (L.)
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KOSB
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Non nobis sed patriae |
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Nulla vestigia retrorsum |
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Nulli expugnabilis hosti |
Conquered by no enemy (L.) [motto
sometimes appearing with Arms of Gibraltar] |
|
R
Gibraltar Rgt |
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Nulli secundus |
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Nunquam cede |
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Nunquam retrorsum |
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Officium primum |
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Omnia audax |
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On ne passe pas |
No one shall pass (L.) |
|
Hull
|
|
One and all |
|
Onward |
|
Or Glory |
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Paratus |
|
Paratus et fidelis |
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Paratus et volens |
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Paratus pugnare pro patria |
Always prepared to fight for our country (L.) |
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NB
Regt |
|
Parva sub ingenti |
The small protected by the great (L.) |
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PEIR
|
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Per ardua |
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Per ardua ad astra |
Through adversity to the stars (L.) |
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RFC |
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Perseverance |
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Pervias rectas |
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Primus in Indis |
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Pristinae virtutis memor |
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Pristinae virtutis memores |
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Pro aris et focis |
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Pro patria |
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Pro rege et patria |
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Pro rege, pro lege, pro patria |
For king, for law, for country (L.) |
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BSAP
|
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Pro rege, pro lege, pro patria conamur |
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Quansem ilep |
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Quem timebo |
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Quicquid aut facere aut pati |
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Quid nobis ardui |
What is hard for us (L.)
Motto of the Borough of Kensington (1901) |
|
Kensington |
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Quinque iuncta in uno |
|
Quis separabit? |
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Quit you like men |
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Quo fas et gloria ducunt |
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Quo fata vocant |
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Ready aye ready |
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Regi patriaque fidelis |
|
Rex vocat |
|
Sagittari |
|
Sanitas in ore |
Oral health (L.) |
|
RCDC |
|
Sans peur |
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Securitas |
|
Semper alacer |
Always swift (L.) |
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SALH
|
|
Semper fidelis |
|
Semper paratus |
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Semper vigilantes |
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Septem iuncta in uno |
|
Servire armatis |
Serve the soldier (L.) |
|
RCPC |
|
Servitium nulli secundus |
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Siol na fear fearail |
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Si sisit prudentia |
|
Spectamur agendo |
|
Spectemur agendo |
|
Spem reduxit |
Hope returns (L.) |
|
RNBR |
|
Steady |
|
Sua tela tonanti |
His missiles thundering (L.), but in RAOC translated
as "To the warrior his arms" |
|
RAOC
|
|
Suaviter in modo,
fortiter in re |
Gentle in manner, resolute in deed (L.) |
|
WRAC
|
|
Sub cruce candida |
Under the white cross (L.) |
|
QARANC
|
|
Teevra chaukas |
|
Tez o sahih |
|
Tez o yaqini |
|
Toujours prêt |
|
Treu und Fest |
|
Tria iuncta in uno
(Tria juncta in uno) |
|
Truth, duty, valour |
|
Royal Military College |
|
Ubique |
Everywhere (L.), meaning
that the artillery and engineers have served everywhere the
army has been, too many places to name in battle honours |
|
RA,
RE |
|
RCA |
|
RAA |
|
RNZA |
|
Ubique honor et equis |
|
Ullamh |
|
Unconquered I serve |
|
Usiba njalo nga pambili |
Feathers to the front (Zulu) |
|
SALH |
|
Ut irruant omnes |
Aggressive in attack (L.) |
|
ManMR |
|
Utrinque paratus |
Ready for anything (L.) |
|
Para |
|
Vel exuviae triumphant |
|
Velox, versutus, vigilans |
Swift, skilled, alert (L.) |
|
RCSigs |
|
Veni et vici |
|
Vestigia nulla retrorsum |
|
Veteri frondescit honore |
Ever green with ancient honour (L.) |
|
Buffs
|
|
Vigilans |
|
Viret in aeternum |
|
Virtus in arduis |
|
Virtutis fortuna comes |
|
Volens et valens |
|
Vota vita mia |
My life is devoted (L.) |
|
KCH |
|
Watch the front, watch weel |
|
We sustain |
|
Whakatangata kia kaha |
|
Where duty leads |
|
Who dares wins |
|