-------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was formed from Independent Troops of Horse raised in various English counties. It wore cuirasses till 1688, and again from 1707 to 1714. It bears the motto “Vestigia nulla retrorsum,” which was borne by Colonel John Hampden’s Regiment in the Civil War. It captured four standards at the battle of Blenheim. It was known in the eighteenth century as “The Green Horse” from its facings, and afterwards as “The Green Dragoon Guards.” SIXTH DRAGOON GUARDS. -------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Queen Dowager’s |Scarlet,| Sea- |Boyne, 1690. Regiment of Horse. | 1685–. | Green, |Aughrim, 1691. 1685–1690| 1853. | 1685– |Steenkirk, 1692. (Its Colonel’s name.) | Blue, | 1715. |Neer Landen, 1693. 1690–1692|1853--. |Yellow, |Flanders, 1692–1697. The King’s Carabiniers. | | 1715– |Schellenberg, 1704. 1692–1788| | 1768. |Blenheim, 1704. 6th Dragoon Guards, or | | White, |Neer Hespen, 1705. Carabiniers. 1788----| |1768--. |Ramilies, 1706. | | |Oudenarde, 1708. | | |Malplaquet, 1709. | | |Douay, 1710. | | |Germany, 1702–1714. | | |Warbourg, 1760. | | |Wilhelmstahl, 1762. | | |Germany, 1760–1763. | | |Tournay, 1794. | | |Flanders, 1793–1795. | | |Buenos-Ayres, 1806. | | |Monte-Video, 1807. | | |Sevastopol, 1855. | | |Delhi, 1857. | | |Indian Mutiny, | | | 1857–1858. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was formed from Independent Troops of Horse raised in various English counties. It wore cuirasses till 1699, and from 1707 to 1714. It received its title and facings on its formation in honour of Queen Catherine, (wife of King Charles II.), whose favourite colour was sea-green. It received its title in 1692 from being armed with long pistols called “Carabines,” and for its gallantry in Ireland in 1690–91.