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Harry Tate's Cavalry: A nickname occasionally applied in jest to Yeomanry. From the name of a well-known comedian whose troupe specialised as caricaturists, displaying comical incapacity in their various roles.

See also Harry Tate’s Navy.[1]

References / notes

  1. Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.115.
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