4th Dragoon Guards

Also known as 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

Chronology

• 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

Service in British India

• 1822 Bay of Cambay and then Kirkee
• 1839 1st Afghan War
• 1867 Bombay
• 1868 Meerut
• 1896 Bangalore
• 1899 Lucknow
• 1902 Meerut
• 1904 Secunderabad
• 1919 Muttra
• 1922 Meerut
• 1924 Lucknow
• 1927 Meerut

External Links

4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Wikipedia
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Wikipedia
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dragoon_Guards Royal Dragoon Guards} Wikipedia