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Originally Posted by L1A1
I was under the impression that Royal regiments wore red/yellow and blue and everybody else wore Rifle green, in honour of the Rifle regiments that introduced the bugle into Army use.
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In general that’s correct, except that it was Light infantry green (associated with the left flank companies) rather than Rifle green, and the association with the bugle horn accordingly. Rifle regiments came later.