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The 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1688 as Lord Cavendish's Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as the 8th Horse in 1694 and the 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards for Princess Charlotte in 1788.
The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army formed in 1922. It served in the Second World War.However following the reduction of forces at the end of the Cold War and proposals contained in the Options for Change paper, the regiment was amalgamated with the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, to form the new Royal Dragoon Guards in 1992.
7th Dragoon Guards. Dragoon Guards is a designation that has been used to refer to certain heavy cavalry regiments in the British Army since the 18th century. While the Prussian and Russian armies of the same period included dragoon regiments among their respective Imperial Guards, different titles were applied to these units.
The designation "dragoon guards" was introduced in 1746 to recognise the importance of some of the most senior regiments, who rode large strong horses, without actually increasing their pay. [3] The more junior regiments, who rode lighter horses, were designated " dragoons " at that time, although some of them were subsequently re-designated ...
He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and commissioned in the 7th Dragoon Guards as a lieutenant on 22 October 1881. [1] The following year he saw action in the Egyptian Campaign, where the 7th Dragoon Guards were part of the 1st Cavalry Brigade led by General Sir Baker Russell.
On 1 May 1694 he was promoted to the rank of major in Schomberg's 8th Horse (later 7th Dragoon Guards), [2] and on 1 March 1703 was appointed to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment, [3] from which time he discontinued the de in his name, which was afterwards spelt Sybourg. [1] He was granted the brevet rank as a colonel of Horse on 1 ...
The First and the Last – 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards [40] First of Track 1st Royal Tank Regiment (humorous from the infantry's history being named xth of Foot) Fitch's Grenadiers – The Royal Irish Rifles [1] [3] The Five-and-threepennies – 53rd Foot [3] The Fifth Skins – 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
The British 7th Dragoon Guards and the Indian 20th Deccan Horse galloped forward to a position between the woods, but little could be achieved. At 03.30 on 15 July, they returned to Montauban, having suffered casualties of 74 men and 110 horses.