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
1689. Scotland.
1691-97. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1702-14. Germany.
1704. Schellenberg.
*1704. Blenheim.
1705. Neer Hespen.
*1706. Ramilies.
*1708. Oudenarde.
1708. Wynendale.
1708. Landau.
1708. Huy.
1708. Lisle.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1710. Douai.
1710. Bethune.
1710. Aire.
1711. Bouchain.
1715 & '45. Jacobite risings.
1758-63. Germany.
1759. Minden.
1760. Corbach.
1760. Warbourg.
1761. Kirk-Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1763. Grœbenstein.
1793-95. Flanders.
1793. Dunkirk.
1794. Cateau.
1794. Tournay.
*1809-14. Peninsula.
*1809. Talavera.
*1811. Albuera.
*1813. Vittoria.
*1868. Abyssinia.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (from 1685). Facings, Light Green (1685-1765);
White (in 1765 and 1785); Blue (in 1818-19); Yellow (from 1819).
Helmet-plume, Black and Red.
REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Royal Cypher and Crown" (from
1685-1765); "The Prince of Wales's Plume," "The Rising Sun," "The
Red Dragon"--ancient badges of the Princes of Wales.
NICKNAME.--"The Old Canaries" (from the facings).
NOTES.--Formed from old Regiments of Horse raised in
Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, and at St. Albans and
Dorking; it wore cuirasses from 1685-88 and from 1704-14.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 3rd, or Prince of
Wales's Regiment of Dragoon Guards._ Illustrated with Plates.
[London: Clowes, 1838.]
[Illustration: THE RED DRAGON.]
The Fourth (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards.
"_Quis Separabit._"
[Illustration: THE HARP AND CROWN.]
[Illustration: THE STAR OF ST. PATRICK.]
TITLES.
1685-90. Colonel The Earl of Arran's Cuirassiers; also the 6th Horse.
1690-1746. The Fifth Horse.
1746-88. The 1st Irish Horse, or The Blue Horse.
1788 (from). The 4th Royal Irish Regiment of Dragoon Guards.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1691-97. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
*1811-13. Peninsula.
1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
1812. Badajos.
1812. Leira.
*1854. Balaclava.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1882. Egypt.
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
1884-5. Nile.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (from 1685). Facings, White (1685-1715); Light
Blue (1715-1768); Dark Blue (from 1768). Helmet-plume, White.
REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Harp and Crown" (on the accession of Her
Majesty), "The Star of St. Patrick." "The White Horse of Hanover"
also appears on the Standard. Motto: "_Quis separabit._"
NOTES.--Raised in various English counties--at London, Lichfield,
Grantham, Durham, and Morpeth. Cuirasses were worn in 1685. Its
title, in 1788, was bestowed for long service in Ireland.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 4th, or Royal Irish
Regiment of Dragoon Guards._ 1685-1838. [London: Longman, 1839.]
[Illustration: THE WHITE HORSE OF HANOVER.]
The Fifth (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards.
"_Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum._"
TITLES.
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