Armed Forces: Mascots

(asked on 13th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of Regimental mascots.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
This question was answered on 19th July 2023

List of British Army Regimental mascots as of July 2023:

  • Corporal Cruachan IV (with companion Nightcap) - Shetland pony mascot of The Royal Regiment of Scotland
  • Turlough Mor (aka Seamus) - Irish Wolfhound mascot of the Irish Guards
  • Lance Corporal Emrys Forlan-Jones - Welsh mountain pony mascot of 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
  • Lance Corporal Derby XXXII (with companion Notts) - Regimental ram of The Mercian Regiment
  • Lance Corporal Shenkin IV (with companion Llewellyn) - Regimental goat of the 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh
  • Brian Boru X - Irish Wolfhound mascot of the Royal Irish Regiment
  • Lance Corporal Pegasus V (with companion Bruneval) - Shetland pony mascot of the Parachute Regiment

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