1685-87. Colonel The Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse.
1687-1746. The 4th Regiment of Horse; also by its Colonel's name.
1746-65. The 3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards.
1765 (from). The 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1689. Scotland.
1691-97. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
1702-14. Germany.
1704. Schellenberg.
*1704. Blenheim.
1705. Neer Hespen.
*1706. Ramilies.
*1708. Oudenarde.
1708. Wynendale.
1708. Landau.
1708. Huy.
1708. Lisle.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1710. Douai.
1710. Bethune.
1710. Aire.
1711. Bouchain.
1715 & '45. Jacobite risings.
1758-63. Germany.
1759. Minden.
1760. Corbach.
1760. Warbourg.
1761. Kirk-Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1763. Grœbenstein.
1793-95. Flanders.
1793. Dunkirk.
1794. Cateau.
1794. Tournay.
*1809-14. Peninsula.
*1809. Talavera.
*1811. Albuera.
*1813. Vittoria.
*1868. Abyssinia.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (from 1685). Facings, Light Green (1685-1765);
White (in 1765 and 1785); Blue (in 1818-19); Yellow (from 1819).
Helmet-plume, Black and Red.
REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Royal Cypher and Crown" (from
1685-1765); "The Prince of Wales's Plume," "The Rising Sun," "The
Red Dragon"--ancient badges of the Princes of Wales.
NICKNAME.--"The Old Canaries" (from the facings).
NOTES.--Formed from old Regiments of Horse raised in
Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, and at St. Albans and
Dorking; it wore cuirasses from 1685-88 and from 1704-14.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 3rd, or Prince of
Wales's Regiment of Dragoon Guards._ Illustrated with Plates.
[London: Clowes, 1838.]
[Illustration: THE RED DRAGON.]
The Fourth (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards.
"_Quis Separabit._"
[Illustration: THE HARP AND CROWN.]
[Illustration: THE STAR OF ST. PATRICK.]