1678-1737. The Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons; also (_c._ 1702)
"The Grey Dragoons," and "The Scots Regiment of White Horses."
1737-51. The Royal Regiment of North British Dragoons.
1751-1866. The 2nd, or Royal North British Dragoons.
1866-77. The 2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys).
1877 (from). The 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1694-97. Flanders.
1702-13. Germany.
1704. Schellenberg.
1704. Blenheim.
1705. Neer Hespen.
*1706. Ramilies.
*1708. Oudenarde.
*1709. Malplaquet.
1711. Bouchain.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1742-48. Flanders.
*1743. Dettingen.
1745. Fontenoy.
1746. Roucoux.
1747. Val.
1758-63. Germany.
1759. Minden.
1760. Warbourg.
1761. Kirk Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1763. Grœbenstein.
1793-95. Flanders.
1794. Tournay.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Netherlands.
*1854. Balaclava.
1854. Inkerman.
1855. Tchernaya.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Probably Stone-Grey when raised, and afterwards changed
to Scarlet. Facings, Blue. Plume, White.
REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Thistle" within the Circle, and the
motto of St. Andrew, "_Nemo me impune lacessit_," surmounted by
a Crown (from the Union of England and Scotland in 1707). Also
"an Eagle," with "Waterloo" (from the capture of the Eagle of the
45th French Regiment). Also the motto, "Second to None" (from
_circa_ 1715).
NICKNAME.--"The Bubbly Jocks," also "The Bird-catchers" (_see_
above: likewise applied to The First Dragoons and The Royal Irish
Fusiliers).
NOTES.--The oldest regiment of Dragoons in the British Army, and
raised in Scotland about 1678 from Troops of Horse, then added to
the Establishment. At Ramilies it captured the "Colours" of the
French Regiment-du-Roi, whence its distinction of Grenadier caps;
also a Standard of the French Guards at Dettingen. At Waterloo,
Napoleon spoke of them as "_Ces terribles chevaux gris_." In 1894
the Emperor of Russia was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of The Greys.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the Royal Regiment of
Scots Dragoons, now the 2nd North British Dragoons._ To 1839.
Illustrated with plates. [London: Longman. 1840.]
Johnson's _Illustrated Histories of Scottish Regiments_.
The Third (The King's Own) Hussars.
[Illustration: THE WHITE HORSE (OF HANOVER) AND MOTTO.]