The first 5th Regiment of Dragoons was raised in 1689 as the “Royal Irish,” it served at the battles of Blenheim, Ramilies (where it captured two Battalions of the French Regiment of Picardie, for which it was permitted to wear Grenadier caps), and many other actions. It was raised with the present 6th Dragoons and 27th Foot from the Inniskilling forces. It was disbanded in 1798. Its uniform was scarlet with blue facings. It bears the “Harp and Crown,” and the motto “Quis Separabit.” SIXTH DRAGOONS. -------------------------+-----------------+----------------------- | Colour of | Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c. |Uniform.|Facings.| -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- Colonel Sir Albert |Scarlet,|Yellow, |Boyne, 1690. Cunningham’s Regiment |1689--. |1689--. |Aughrim, 1691. of Dragoons.1689–1691 | | |Dettingen, 1743. (Its Colonel’s name.) | | |Fontenoy, 1745. 1691–1751| | |Roucoux, 1746. 6th, or Inniskilling | | |Val, 1747. Dragoons. 1751----| | |Flanders, 1742–1748. | | |Minden, 1759. | | |Warbourg, 1760. | | |Campen, 1760. | | |Wilhelmstahl, 1762. | | |Germany, 1758–1763. | | |Dunkirk, 1793. | | |Cateau, 1794. | | |Tournay, 1794. | | |Flanders, 1793–1795. | | |Waterloo, 1815. | | |Netherlands, 1815. | | |Balaklava, 1854. | | |Sevastopol, 1855. -------------------------+--------+--------+----------------------- The Regiment was originally part of the Inniskilling forces, from which it was formed. It bears the “Castle of Inniskilling.” It was known about 1715 as “The Black Dragoons,” probably from being mounted on black horses. SEVENTH HUSSARS.