Minden Day
The Minden Day is still in the UK by at the Battle of Minden involved regiments celebrated on 1 August each year. The day is intended to commemorate the participation of the forerunners of the regiments in the Battle of Minden, the anniversary of which dates back to 1759.
To celebrate the day, the regiments wear so-called "Minden Roses" as regimental headdresses. They are intended to remind you that the regiments wore wild roses at the Battle of Minden. They had previously torn these out of hedges when they approached the enemy.
In the East Westphalian city of Minden , as long as British occupation troops were stationed there, a parade of military parts from Great Britain and Germany took place at the memorial of the Battle of Minden on this day.
The following regiments of the British Army celebrate this day:
- 12th (Minden) Battery of the 12th Regiment (Royal Artillery)
- 32nd (Minden) Battery of the 16th Regiment Royal Artillery
- The Royal Scots Borderers of The Royal Regiment of Scotland, successor to the 25th Regiment of Foot (King's Own Scottish Borderers)
- 1st Battalion of The Royal Anglian Regiment, successor to the 12th Regiment of Foot
- HQ Company of the 3rd Battalion of The Royal Anglian Regiment (TA Reserve)
- The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, successor to the 20th Regiment of Foot
- The Royal Welsh, successor to the 23rd Regiment of Foot
- The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, successor to the 37th Regiment of Foot
- 3rd and 5th Battalion of The Rifles Regiment, successor to The Light Infantry, successor to the 51st Regiment of Foot
literature
- The tradition of the Battle of Minden in the English Army , in: Stadt / Landkreis Minden: The Battle of Minden - Memory book for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Minden on August 1, 1759 , Minden 1959, pp. 37-39