King’s Hanoverian White Horse (The)

The 8th Foot; called the “King’s Hanoverian” for their service against the Pretender in 1715, and called the “White Horse” from their badge; now called the “Liverpool Regiment.”

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.