What are the "mounted antecedents" of the R Sigs please?
They are descended from the RE.
Some of the RE were indeed mounted, many were not. As witness both "trumpeters" and "buglers" authorised for RE. Then again, RE had "companies".
Truth to tell the R Sigs can reasonably claim foot and horse ancestry, surely?
However, I for one am not at all relaxed about the scarlet sash being permitted beyond the infantry, as it certainly bucks tradition.
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