1685-90. Colonel The Earl of Arran's Cuirassiers; also the 6th Horse.
1690-1746. The Fifth Horse.
1746-88. The 1st Irish Horse, or The Blue Horse.
1788 (from). The 4th Royal Irish Regiment of Dragoon Guards.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1691-97. Flanders.
1692. Steenkirk.
1693. Neer Landen.
1695. Namur.
*1811-13. Peninsula.
1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
1812. Badajos.
1812. Leira.
*1854. Balaclava.
*1855. Sevastopol.
*1882. Egypt.
*1882. Tel-el-Kebir.
1884-5. Nile.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (from 1685). Facings, White (1685-1715); Light
Blue (1715-1768); Dark Blue (from 1768). Helmet-plume, White.
REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Harp and Crown" (on the accession of Her
Majesty), "The Star of St. Patrick." "The White Horse of Hanover"
also appears on the Standard. Motto: "_Quis separabit._"
NOTES.--Raised in various English counties--at London, Lichfield,
Grantham, Durham, and Morpeth. Cuirasses were worn in 1685. Its
title, in 1788, was bestowed for long service in Ireland.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 4th, or Royal Irish
Regiment of Dragoon Guards._ 1685-1838. [London: Longman, 1839.]
[Illustration: THE WHITE HORSE OF HANOVER.]
The Fifth (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards.
"_Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum._"