Excerpt from British Regiments at the Front: The Story of Their Battle Honours
"The Rusty Buckles."
The 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) got their name of "The Bays" in 1767 when they were mounted on bay horses - a thing which distinguished them from other regiments, which, with the exception of the Scots Greys, had black horses. Their nickname, "The Rusty Buckles," though lending itself to a ready explanation, is doubtful as to its origin; but one thing is certain that the rust remained on the buckles only because the fighting was so strenuous and prolonged that there was no time to clean it off.
"The Royal Irish."
The 4th Dragoon Guards received this title in 1788, in recognition of its long service in Ireland since 1698.
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