NICKNAMES.--"The Trades' Union" (because employed to quell trade
riots in the middle of the present century); "The K. D. G.'s"
(its initials).
NOTES.--Raised chiefly near London during the Monmouth Rebellion,
and designated "The Queen's Regiment of Horse," the then "King's
Regiment" being "The Blues." Cuirasses were worn to 1698, and
from 1704 to 1714. The title was changed in 1714 in recognition
of brilliant services in Flanders and Germany.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Records of the 1st or King's Regiment
of Dragoon Guards._ From 1685 to 1836. Illustrated with plates.
[London: Clowes, 1837.]
The Second Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays).
[Illustration: THE ROYAL CYPHER WITHIN THE GARTER.]