Difference between revisions of "4th Dragoon Guards"

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Also known as 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

1685 raised as the Earl of Arran's Regiment of Cuirassiers formed by regimentation of troops raised earlier in 1685; ranked as 6th Horse; later known as Duke of Hamilton's Regiment of Cuirassiers; also known by the names of nine other colonels
1691 ranked as 5th Horse upon disbandment of former 5th Horse
1746 ranked as 1st Horse on Irish Establishment; also known as Blue Horse
1751 formally titled the 1st Regiment of Horse
1788 renamed the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards transferred from Irish to British Establishment
1921 renamed the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
1922 amalgamated with 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's), to form 4th/7th Dragoon Guards
1935 became 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
1992 amalgamated with 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards to form The Royal Dragoon Guards

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Royal_Irish_Dragoon_Guards 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards] Wikipedia<br>
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th/7th_Dragoon_Guards 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards] Wikipedia<br>
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dragoon_Guards Royal Dragoon Guards] Wikipedia
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dragoon_Guards Royal Dragoon Guards] Wikipedia<br>
+[http://www.rdgmuseum.org.uk/index.htm Museum of The Royal Dragoon Guards], situated in York. Covers the 4th, [[5th Dragoon Guards|5th]] and [[7th Dragoon Guards]] and the [[6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons|6th Dragoons]]
 [[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]