1685-87. Colonel The Duke of Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse.
1687-1717. The Sixth (or Seventh) Regiment of Horse: also by its
Colonel's name (in 1687, Coy's Horse; in 1794, Cadogan's Horse).
1717-88. The 2nd (or "Green") Irish Horse.
1788-1804. The Fifth Dragoon Guards.
1804 (from). The Fifth or Princess Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1690. Boyne.
1692. Enghien.
1695. Namur.
1703-12. Germany.
1704. Schellenberg.
*1704. Blenheim.
1705. Neer Hespen.
*1706. Ramilies.
*1708. Oudenarde.
1708. Lisle.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1709. Tournay.
1709. Mons.
1710. Douay.
1711. Bouchain.
1711. Bethune.
1711. Aire.
1711. St. Venant.
1711. Quesnoy.
1759-62. Germany.
1794-5. Flanders.
1794. Cateau.
*1811-14. Peninsula.
1812. Badajos.
1812. Llerena.
*1812. Salamanca.
1812. Burgos.
*1813. Vittoria.
*1814. Toulouse.
*1854. Balaclava.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (from 1685). Facings, Buff(1685-1717); Dark
Green (from 1717). Helmet-plume, Red and White.
REGIMENTAL DEVICE.--V/D.G. within the Garter, surrounded by
"Princess Charlotte of Wales." Motto, _Vestigia nulla retrorsum_
(borne by John Hampden's Regiment in the Civil War).
NICKNAME.--"The Green Horse" (_see_ Titles).
NOTES.--Originally raised as a Troop of Cuirassiers at Lichfield,
Kingston-on-Thames, Chester, Bridgnorth, Bristol, &c. It wore
cuirasses till 1688, and resumed them from 1707-14. It captured
four Standards at the battle of Blenheim.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 5th, or Princess
Charlotte of Wales's Dragoon Guards, 1685-1838._ Illustrated with
plates. [London: Longman, 1839.]
The Sixth Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers).
[Illustration: THE REGIMENTAL DEVICE.]