Raised in 1697, and afterwards disbanded. Raised again in 1715 and
later received the title of the "Prince Albert's Own," because it
formed Prince Albert's escort, from Dover to Canterbury, on his arrival
in England in 1840, to be married to Queen Victoria. The regiment was
present at the Alma and at Inkerman, and was one of the five regiments
which, under the leadership of Lord Cardigan, its former Colonel,
rode "into the jaws of death," at Balaklava. One of the regiment,
Trooper Hope, also rode in the charge of the Heavy Brigade on the same
occasion. He did so without permission and started without arms.
Nicknames: "The Cherry Pickers," also "The Cherubims," from its crimson
overalls, being the only regiment in the British Army entitled to wear
overalls of that colour. Also known as "Lord Cardigan's Bloodhounds."
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(_Depot_, Woolwich.)