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FORMER
TITLES
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The
four Regiments which now make up the Royal Dragoon Guards have been
known by a number of different titles, as listed below: |
4th
ROYAL IRISH DRAGOON GUARDS (From 1685 to 1922)
1685
Earl of Arran’s Horse or 6th Horse
1688 The Earl of Selkirk’s Horse and Godfrey’s Horse
1690 5th Horse
1693 Langton’s Horse
1713 Jocelyn’s Horse
1715 Davenport’s Horse (also The Prince of Wales’s Own
Regiment of Horse)
1719 Wynne’s Horse
1732 Pearce’s Horse
1739 Trawley’s Horse
1743 John Brown’s Horse
1746 1st Horse (Irish Establishment) or Blue Horse
1788 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
1921 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards |
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DRAGOON GUARDS
(PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES’S)
(From 1685 to 1922)
1685
Shrewsbury's Horse
1687
Langdales Horse
1687
Hamilton's Horse
1688
Coy’s Horse (1691 – 6th Horse)
1697
Arran’s Horse
1703
Cadogan’s Horse
1712
Kellum’s Horse
1717
Napier’s Horse
1740
Neville’s Horse
1744
Cobham’s Horse
1745
Wentworth’s Horse
1746
Second Irish Horse (Green Horse)
1751
Second Regiment of Irish Horse
1788
5th Dragoon Guards
1804
5th or (The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards
1921
5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
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DRAGOON GUARDS (PRINCESS ROYAL’S) (From 1688 to 1922)
1688
The Earl of Devonshire's Horse or 10th Horse 1690 Schomberg’s
Horse or 10th Horse
1692 Leinster’s Horse or 8th Horse
1693 Schomberg’s Horse or 8th Horse
1711 Harwich’s Horse or 8th Horse
1713 Sybourg’s Horse or 8th Horse
1720 Ligonier’s Horse or 8th Horse or Black Horse
1746 4th Horse (Irish Establishment)
1788 7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards
1921 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal’s)
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INNISKILLINGS (6TH DRAGOONS) (From 1689 to 1922) 1689
Conyngham's Dragoons 1691 Echlin’s Dragoons
1715 Dalrymple’s or (Stair’s) Dragoons
1734 Cadogan’s Dragoons
1745 Leslie’s or (Rothe’s) Dragoons
1750 Cholmondley’s Dragoons
1751 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons
1758 6th or Inniskilling Regiment of Dragoons
1815 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons
1861 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
1921 The Inniskilling (6th Dragoons)
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THE
4th/7th ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS
In 1922, the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards amalgamated with the 7th
Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) to become the
4th/7th Dragoon Guards. In 1936 following the granting of the distinction
'Royal', the Regiment became the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards |
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THE
5th ROYAL INNISKILLING DRAGOON GUARDS
In 1922, the 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
and the Inniskilling (6th Dragoons) amalgamated to form the 5th/6th
Dragoons. In 1927 the title changed to the 5th Inniskilling Dragoon
Guards and in 1935, following the granting of the distinction 'Royal',
the Regiment became the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. |
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