The regimental records of the British Army : $b a historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns, honours, uniforms, facings, badges, nicknames, etc.Farmer, John S.
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The regimental records of the British Army : $b a historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns, honours, uniforms, facings, badges, nicknames, etc.
Farmer, John S.
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army -- Organization; Great Britain. Army -- Registers
1715-51. Major-General Owen Wynne's (or its Colonel's name) Regiment
of Dragoons.
1751-83. The 9th Dragoons.
1783-1816. The 9th Light Dragoons.
1816-30. The 9th Lancers.
1830 (from). The 9th, or Queen's Lancers; and (shortly afterwards) The
9th (Queen's) Royal Lancers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1798. Irish Rebellion.
1806. Buenos Ayres.
1807. Monte Video.
1809. Flushing.
*1811-13. Peninsula.
*1843. Punniar.
*1846. Sobraon.
*1848-49. Punjaub.
*1849. Chillianwallah.
1849. Goojerat.
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1857. Delhi.
*1858. Lucknow.
*1878-80. Afghanistan.
*1879. Charasiah.
*1879. Kabul.
*1880. Kandahar.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (1715-84); Blue (1784-1830); Scarlet (1830-41);
Blue (from 1841). Facings: Buff (1715-1805); Crimson (1805-30);
Blue (1830-41); Scarlet (from 1841). Lancer-cap plume, Black and
White.
REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Royal Cypher within the Garter."
NICKNAME.--"The Delhi Spearmen" (a native sobriquet).
NOTES.--The senior of several regiments of Dragoons restored
in 1715, which had been disbanded after Utrecht. Raised in the
southern counties, it served uninterruptedly in Ireland for
eighty-six years to 1803, and in its title received special
favour at the hands of Queen Adelaide in 1830. It gained
distinction for service during the Indian Mutiny, and is the only
British cavalry regiment with "Charasiah," "Kabul, 1879," and
"Kandahar, 1880" on its Colours.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 9th, or Queen's Royal
Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers)._ 1715-1841. Illustrated
with a plate. [London: Parker. 1841.]
The Tenth (The Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars.
[Illustration: THE RISING SUN.]
[Illustration: THE PLUME OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.]
[Illustration: THE RED DRAGON.]
TITLES.
1715-51. Colonel Humphrey Gore's (or its Colonel's name) Regiment of
Dragoons.
1751-83. The 10th Dragoons.
1783-1806. The 10th, or Prince of Wales's Own Light Dragoons.
1806-11. The 10th, or Prince of Wales's Own Hussars.
1811 (from). The 10th, The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Hussars.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1746. Falkirk.
1746. Culloden.
1758-63. Germany.
1759. Minden.
1760. Warbourg.
1760. Campen.
1761. Kirk Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1763. Grœbenstein.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
1808. Sahagun.
1809. Benevente.
1809. Corunna.
1813. Morales.
1813. Vittoria.
1813. Pyrenees.
1814. Orthes.
1814. Toulouse.
*1815. Waterloo.
1855. Eupatoria.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1878-79. Afghanistan.
*1878. Ali Masjid.
*1884. Egypt.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (1715-83); Blue (from 1784). Facings, Deep
Yellow (1715-1811); Scarlet (1811-1819); Blue (from 1819);
Helmet-plume, Black and White.
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