5th Dragoon Guards

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
Badge of the 5th Dragoon Guards
Active1685–1922
Disbanded1922
Country England (1685–1697)
 Ireland (1698–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1922)
BranchArmy
TypeCavalry of the Line
RoleHeavy Cavalry
Size1 battalion
Nickname(s)The Green Horse[1]
The Green Dragoons[2]
The Old Farmers[2]
Motto(s)Vestigia nulla restorsum (Latin – We do not retreat)
March(Quick) The Gay Cavalier
(Slow) Soldier's chorus from Gounod's Faust
AnniversariesSalamanca Day
EngagementsThe Boyne 1690 Blenheim 1704 Ramillies 1706 Malplaquet 1709 Salamanca 1812 Balaclava 1854
Battle honoursBlenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Beaumont, Salamanca, Vittoria, Toulouse, Peninsula, Balaklava, Sevastopol, Defence of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899–1902; France and Flanders 1914–18 [a][3]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
1st Earl Cadogan
7th Earl of Cardigan

The 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards was a British army cavalry regiment, officially raised in January 1686 as Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse or the Earl of Shrewsbury's Horse.

By 1687, it was known as Langsdale's Horse, from 1687 to 1688 as Hamilton's Horse, then from 1688 to 1691 as John Coy's Horse. In 1691, it was given a number and known as the 6th Horse. In 1697 the regiment was known as Arran's Horse and later became Cadogan's Horse.

As Coy's Horse, the regiment fought at the Battle of the Boyne. In 1804 it became the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards.

In 1922, the regiment was amalgamated with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons to form the 5th/6th Dragoons. Its history and traditions continue today in the Royal Dragoon Guards, an armoured cavalry unit of the British Army.[4]

  1. ^ Regimental nicknames and traditions of the British army. London: Gale & Polden. 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  2. ^ a b Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference regiments was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "The Royal Dragoon Guards; who we are". Army. Retrieved 21 March 2019.


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