Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1689, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Inniskilling Dragoons, 6th
After the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle the establishment was reduced
to two hundred and eighty-five officers and men.
[Sidenote: 1750]
The Earl of Rothes was removed in January, 1750, to the Royal
North British dragoons, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of
the INNISKILLING dragoons by Major-General the Honourable James
Cholmondeley from the Third Irish horse, now Sixth dragoon guards.
[Sidenote: 1751]
In 1751 a regulation was issued for insuring uniformity in the
clothing, standards, and regimental distinctions of the British
army, from which the following particulars have been extracted
relating to the INNISKILLING DRAGOONS.
COATS,--scarlet; double-breasted; without lappels; lined with _full
yellow_; slit sleeves, turned up with full yellow; the button-holes
worked with narrow _white lace_; the buttons of white metal, set
on two and two; a long slash pocket in each skirt; and a white
shoulder-knot, or aiguillette, on the right shoulder.
WAISTCOATS AND BREECHES,--full yellow.
HATS,--bound with silver lace; and ornamented with a white metal
loop and a black cockade.
BOOTS,--of jacked leather, and reaching to the knee.
CLOAKS,--of scarlet cloth, with a full yellow collar and lined with
yellow shalloon; the buttons set on two and two upon white frogs,
or loops, with a blue stripe down the centre.
HORSE FURNITURE,--of full yellow cloth; the holster caps and
housing having a border of white lace with a blue stripe down the
centre; the castle of Inniskilling embroidered upon a red ground
within a wreath of roses and thistles, on each corner of the
housing; and on the holster caps the king's cipher and crown, with
VI. D. underneath.
OFFICERS,--distinguished by silver lace; their coats and waistcoats
bound with silver embroidery; the button-holes worked with silver;
and a crimson silk sash worn across the left shoulder.
QUARTER-MASTER,--to wear a crimson sash round the waist.
SERJEANTS,--to have narrow silver lace on the cuffs, pockets, and
shoulder-straps; silver shoulder-knots, or aiguillettes, and yellow
and white worsted sashes tied round their waists.
DRUMMERS and HAUTBOYS,--clothed in full yellow coats lined with
scarlet, and ornamented with silver lace with a blue stripe down
the centre; their waistcoats and breeches of scarlet cloth.
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