– 22nd Foot (from the Battle of Miani) The Measurers – Royal Engineers The Mediterranean Greys – 50th Foot The Micks – Irish Guards (the term is not regarded as derogatory by the regiment) The Milestones – 1st Foot The Minden Boys – 20th Regiment of Foot later Lancashire Fusiliers The Models - 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards Monkeys - Royal Military Police The Moonrakers – The Wiltshire Regiment (from an old story about Wiltshiremen trying to rescue the reflection of the moon, thinking it had fallen in the village pond) The Mounted Micks – 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (mildly derogatory name for Irishmen) The Mudlarks – Royal Engineers Murray's Bucks – 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot The Mutton Lancers – Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment (from their Paschal Lamb and Flag badge) N The Namurs – Royal Irish Regiment (from their battle honour of 'Namur' gained in 1695, the first such honour granted to a regiment of the British Army) The Nanny Goats – The Royal Welsh Fusiliers The Night-Jars – 10th Battalion Manchester Regiment (after the nocturnal bird, for its success in night attacks during 1918) Nobody's Own – 20th Hussars (for a time, were almost the only British cavalry regiment not to have a prestigious honorary colonel with his or her title in the regimental name) The Norfolk Howards – The Norfolk Regiment The Nottingham Hosiers – 45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot – (lace-making was a traditional industry in Nottinghamshire) The Notts and Jocks – Sherwood Foresters (from their previous title, The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) The Nulli Secundus Club – The Coldstream Guards (from their motto: Nullis Secundus (Second to None)) The Nut-Crackers – The Buffs O The Old Agamemnons – 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot later The Welsh Regiment The Old Bendovers – see Bendovers The Old Black Cuffs – 50th Foot – (from their black facings) The Old and Bold – Northumberland Fusiliers – West Yorkshire Regiment – Worcestershire Regiment The Old Braggs – 28th Foot The Old Bucks – Bedfordshire Regiment (from 1782 to 1809, were the senior regiment raised in Buckinghamshire) The Old Buffs – The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) The Old Canaries – 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) The Old County Regiment – 1st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster's Own) after a second regiment was raised in 1798 The Old Dozen – 12th (The East