What are the best British army regiments and why?

The BEST Regiment in the British Army is the Grenadier Guards - the First of Foot; the regiment that broke Napoeon's Old Guard at Waterloo, the most senior infantry regiment in the British Army. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong! read more

The BEST Regiment in the British Army is The Rifles, the largest infantry Regiment and let's face it the coolest, the first regiment to use rifled weapons and fight in open order. They have their own faster version of drill and they carry swords into battle instead of bayonets. read more

The Paras are a great outfit as are the Marines (though they are not army) but just check out the PWRR which I suspect is your local regiment. One of their battalions, they have two, recently completed an extremely successful tour in Iraq, during which one of their number was awarded the Victoria Cross several others also received very well deserved awards. read more

The order of seniority of the most-senior British Army line regiments is based on that of the English army. Although technically the Scots Royal Regiment of Foot was raised in 1633 and is the oldest Regiment of the Line, Scottish and Irish regiments were only allowed to take a rank in the English army on the date of their arrival in England (or the date when they were first placed on the English establishment). read more