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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.
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.
Royal Horse Artillery – Bonnie Dundee (Gallop); Keel Row (Trot); The Duchess of Kent (walk) Royal Armoured Corps. 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards – Rusty Buckles/Radetzky March (Quick); 1st Dragoon Guards and 2nd Dragoon Guards Slow March (Slow) The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) – The 3DGs (Quick); The Garb of Auld ...
This is also the case with the Frock Coat and Numbers 1 and 3 dress. In addition, the Life Guards, the Blues and Royals, the Queens Royal Dragoons, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, the Royal Dragoon Guards, and the Royal Lancers all wear white leather gauntlets when mounted.
The Black Horse – 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards [3] [14] The Black Knots – North Staffordshire Regiment [1] [3] (the regimental badge was a Stafford knot) The Black Mafia – Royal Green Jackets [15] (from the dark uniforms of the original Rifle regiments and the number of former Greenjacket officers promoted to high rank)
The regiment was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments: The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. The Royal Dragoon Guards has served in a variety of roles and theatres since its formation. Historically dragoons were flexible soldiers, who fought on and alongside their mounts. [2]
1st Life Guards: Hyde Park: 1st Life Guards: 2nd Life Guards: Windsor: 2nd Life Guards: Royal Horse Guards: Regent's Park: Royal Horse Guards: 1st: Aldershot: 1st Dragoon Guards 5th Dragoon Guards 3/1st Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry 3/1st Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry: Absorbed into 4th, 1917 2nd: Aldershot: 2nd Dragoon Guards 6th Dragoons 3 ...
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.