Why the ‘Nutcrackers’ Are So Called. Stationed at Weymouth’s Red Barracks 1860.

Originally posted on TALES FROM AROUND THE VICTORIAN WORLD.:
(A nice bit of Victorian blood and gore for the littlun’s! ) Taken from ‘Little Folks a Magazine for the Young’ dated 1890. ‘The famous regiment of Buffs, used also to be known as the 3rd Foot, once rejoiced for a while in the nickname of…

Naughty Naughty…Knocker Nickers. Crime in the British Army.

Throughout its history, Weymouth’s Red Barracks and Nothe Fort have seen various troops come and go.Some good, some bad, some just plain bored and a few high spirited.

1870; The Queens Own Regiment of Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry Week at Weymouth.

Originally posted on VICTORIAN TALES FROM WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND:
Weymouth down through it’s past history has quite a link with the military. In the late 1700’s The famous Red Barracks that sits up on the Nothe, its Georgian built accommodation blocks towering above the quayside cottages below, were built, first to house the cavalry troops, but…