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This is a list of numbered Regiments of Cavalry of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1922 when various amalgamations were implemented. The Life Guards were formed following the end of the English Civil War as troops of Life Guards between 1658 and 1659. [1] Regiments were subsequently raised as part of the response to (i) the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 (ii) the Jacobite rising in 1715 (iii) the Seven Years' War in 1759 and (iv) the Indian Rebellion in 1858. [2]
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 "lancers" or "hussars". [3]
The full list is as follows: [4]
Household cavalry:
Number | Title | Formed | Fate | Successor 2018 |
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1 | 1st Regiment of Life Guards | 1658 (as troops of life guards) [5] | 1922: Life Guards | Life Guards |
2 | 2nd Regiment of Life Guards | 1659 (as troops of life guards) [6] | 1922: Life Guards | Life Guards |
3 | Royal Horse Guards | 1661 (reformed on the Royal establishment) [7] | 1969: Blues and Royals | Blues and Royals |
Heavy cavalry
Number | Title | Formed | Fate | Successor 2018 |
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1 | 1st King's Dragoon Guards | 1685 [8] | 1959: 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards |
2 | 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) | 1685 [9] | 1959: 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards |
3 | 3rd (Prince Of Wales's) Dragoon Guards | 1685 [10] | 1922: 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
4 | 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards | 1685 [11] | 1922: 4th/7th Dragoon Guards | Royal Dragoon Guards |
5 | 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards | 1685 [12] | 1922: 5th/6th Dragoons | Royal Dragoon Guards |
6 | 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) | 1685 [13] | 1922: 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
7 | 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards | 1688 [14] | 1922: 4th/7th Dragoon Guards | Royal Dragoon Guards |
Light cavalry:
The Light Dragoons (LD) is a cavalry regiment in the British Army. The regiment has a light cavalry role and specialises in mounted and dismounted reconnaissance. The Light Dragoons recruit mainly in Northern England, from the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. For this reason, the regiment is known as "England’s Northern Cavalry". It is currently based in Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire.
The Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 10th Royal Hussars and the 11th Hussars in 1969 and it amalgamated with the 14th/20th King's Hussars to form the King's Royal Hussars in 1992.
General Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners, KCB was a British soldier and nobleman, the second son of Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland and Lady Mary Somerset.
The Fife & Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse is unit of the British Army regiment formed in 1956. Originally a regiment in its own right, it is currently a Yeomanry Squadron of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry.
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