Military Unit Mottos: United Kingdom
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[edit] Royal Navy
- Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth: Palmam qui meruit ferat (Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm)
- Royal Marines (RM): Per Mare Per Terram (By Sea, By Land)
- Special Boat Service (SBS): By Strength and Guile (formerly not by strength by guile).
[edit] British Army
- Offices
- Master-General of the Ordnance Sua Tela Tonant ("Their weapons are thunderbolts")
- Corps and Regiments
- Royal Armoured Corps
- Scots Greys/Royal Scots Dragoon Guards: Nemo me impune lacessit (No one wounds me with impunity)
- The Queen's Royal Lancers: Death or Glory
- Royal Tank Regiment(RTR): Fear Naught
- Royal Regiment of Artillery: Ubique (Everywhere); Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt (Where Right and Glory Lead)
- Royal Engineers: Ubique (Everywhere); also: Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense (shamed be he who thinks evil of it -- motto of the Order of the Garter)
- Royal Corps of Signals: Certa Cito (Swift and Sure)
- Infantry
- Grenadier Guards Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense ("Shame to he who would think evil of it" - Motto of the Order of the Garter)
- Coldstream Guards Nulli Secundus ("Second to None")
- Scots Guards Nemo Me Impune Lacessit ("None may wound / 'touch' me with impunity" - Motto of the Order of the Thistle)
- Irish Guards Quis Seperabit ("Who would separate us?" - Motto of the Order of the now dormant Order of St. Patrick)
- Welsh Guards Cymru am Byth ("Wales forever") (Welsh)
- Royal Regiment of Scotland Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (No One Assails Me With Impunity)
- The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense {"Shame to he would think Evil of it")
- The Duke Of Lancaster's Regiment: Nec Aspera Terrent ("Diffuculties Be Damned")
- Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense ("Shame to he would think Evil of it" Motto of Order of the Garter)
- The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) Fortune Favours The Brave
- The Mercian Regiment Stand Firm and Strike Hard
- The Royal Welsh Ich Dien (I Serve)
- Royal Irish Regiment Faugh a ballagh (Clear the Way)
- The Parachute Regiment: Utrinque Paratus (Ready for Anything)
- The Royal Gurkha Rifles Kaphar hunnu bhanda marnu ramro (Better to die than live a coward)
- The Rifles Swift and Bold
- Infantry (Disbanded or Amalgamated Regiments)
- Queen's Royal Regiment Pristinae virtutis memor (Mindful of former virtue)
- Black Watch: Nemo me impune lacessit ( "no-one wounds me with impunity", Motto of the Order of the Thistle)
- Gordon Highlanders Bydand ("Stand fast") (Scots Gaelic)
- Royal Welch Fusiliers: "Ich Dien," I serve.
- Queen's Own Highlanders Cuidich 'n Righ (Help to the King) (Gaelic)
- The King's Regiment: Nec aspera terrent ("Not afraid of hardship"; motto of the House of Hanover)
- Special Air Service (SAS): Who Dares Wins.
- Royal Logistic Corps: We sustain
- Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC): In arduis fidelis (Faithful in adversity)
- Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) Sub Cruce Candida (Under the White Cross)
- Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME): Arte Et Marte (By Skill And By Fighting)
- Royal Military Police Exemplo ducemus (We lead by example)
- Intelligence Corps Manui dat cognitio vires (Knowledge gives force to the arm)
- Honourable Artillery Company Arma Pacis Fulcra
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst: Serve to Lead
- Royal Armoured Corps
[edit] Royal Air Force
- Royal Air Force (RAF): Per Ardua Ad Astra (Through Adversity to the Stars)
- Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regt.): Per Ardua (Through Adversity)
- Royal Air Force Police: Fiat Justitia (Let justice be done)
- RAF Air Command: Fortis Ubique Volantis (Flying Bravely Everywhere)[1]
- RAF College Cranwell: Superna Petimus (We seek higher things)
- Number 1 Air Control Centre (1 ACC): Ever Alert (Semper Evigilo)
[edit] Joint Schools & Academies
- Royal College of Defence Studies : ????? (concord (or co-operation) strengthens the limbs/strength through unity)
[edit] Civilian Organisations
- Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes NAAFI: Serving the Services
- Cadets
- Sea Cadet Corps (SCC): Ready, aye ready.
- Army Cadet Force (ACF) To Inspire, To Achieve
- Air Training Corps (ATC): Venture Adventure
- 2387 (Pudsey) Sqn. Air Training Corps: We lead others follow
- 2420 (Whitland) Sqn. Air Training Corps:Para Bellum (prepare for war)
- 969 (St Helens) Sqn. Air Training Corps:The person is wise who looks ahead
- 110 (City Of York) Sqn. Air Training Corps: Nulli Secundus (Second To None)