1715-51. Colonel Phineas Bowles's [or its Colonel's name] Regiment
of Dragoons.
1751-68. The 12th Dragoons.
1768-1816. The 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Light Dragoons.
1816-17. The 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Lancers.
1817 (from). The 12th (The Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1795. Corsica.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Aboukir.
1801. Mandora.
1801. Alexandria.
1809. Walcheren.
*1811-14. Peninsula.
1812. Salamanca.
1813. Vittoria.
1814. Bayonne.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Netherlands.
*1851-53. South Africa.
1855. Eupatoria.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1858. Indian Mutiny.
*1858. Central India.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (1715-84); Blue (1784-1830); Scarlet (1830-42);
Blue (from 1842). Facings, White (1715-68); Black (1768-84);
Yellow (1784-1817); Scarlet (1817-30); Blue (1830-42); Scarlet
(from 1842). Plume, Scarlet.
REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"Plume of the Prince of Wales," "The Rising
Sun," "The Red Dragon" (in honour of the Prince of Wales,
afterwards George IV., whose crests they were); also "The
Sphinx," for Egypt (1801).