1661-83. The Tangiers Horse.
1683-90. The King's Own Royal Regiment of Dragoons.
1690-1751. The Royal Regiment of Dragoons.
1751 (from). The 1st (Royal) Dragoons.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1661-84. Tangiers.
1690. Boyne.
1694-97. Flanders.
1695. Namur.
1705-10. Spain.
1705. Valencia d'Alcantara.
1706. Albuquerque.
1706. Barcelona.
1707. Almanzar.
1710. Almanara.
1710. Saragossa.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1742-45. Flanders
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1760-63. Germany.
1760. Warbourg.
1760. Campen.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1793-95. Flanders.
1794. Cateau.
1794. Villers-en-Couché.
1794. Tournay.
*1809-14. Peninsula.
1811. Fuentes d'Onor.
1812. Salamanca.
1813. Vittoria.
1814. Toulouse.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Netherlands.
*1854. Balaclava.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1884. Egypt.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (from 1683). Facings, Dark Blue (from 1683).
Helmet-plume, Black.
REGIMENTAL BADGE.--The "Crest of England" within the Garter,
circumscribed by "_Spectemur agendo_" and surmounted by a crown
(Hanoverian). Also "an Eagle," in commemoration of the capture of
the Eagle of the 105th French Regiment at Waterloo.
NICKNAME.--"The Bird-catchers" (also borne by The Second Dragoons
and The Royal Irish Fusiliers).
NOTES.--Originating in the Troops of Horse engaged in the defence
of Tangiers from 1662 to 1684, the First Royal Dragoons have
since figured in nearly every campaign with conspicuous bravery.
Among its captured standards are, one from the Moors in 1664,
that of the "Mousquetaires Noirs" at the battle of Dettingen, and
a French Eagle (see above) at the battle of Waterloo. In 1894 the
Emperor of Germany was appointed Colonel-in-Chief.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 1st or Royal Regiment of
Dragoons._ To 1839. Illustrated with plates. [London: Longmans.
1840.]
_Historical Record of the 1st, or The Royal Regiment of
Dragoons._ By General de Ainslie, Colonel of the Regiment.
Illustrated with plates. [London: Chapman & Hall. 1887.]
The Second Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys).
"_Second to None._"
[Illustration: THE THISTLE.]
[Illustration: WATERLOO.]