6th Dragoon Guards

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Known as The Carabiniers

Chronology

  • 1685 raised as the 9th Horse Regiment known as Lord Lumley's Horse
  • ???? renamed The Queen Dowager's Horse
  • 1691 renamed The King's Carabiniers
  • 1746 renamed the 3rd Irish Horse (The Carabiniers)
  • 1788 became the 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)
  • 1840 became the 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)
  • 1921 became the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
  • 1928 renamed the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards)
  • 1971 amalgamated with the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) on 2 July 1971, forming the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)

Service in British India

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