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Historical regimental military art of
the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, Princess Charlotte of Wales'
shown in historical military prints.
[ 5th Dragoon Guards ] [ 6th Inniskillings ]
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5th Dragoon
Guards, (Princess Charlotte of
Wales'). Raised in 1685 as the Duke of Shrewsbury's regiment of Horse, and in 1784
changed their name to 5th Dragoon Guards.
Regimental Battle Honours
 | 1701 - 1715 at Blenheim, Ramallies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, during
the War of the Spanish Succession |
| 1793 - 1802, Beaumont, during the French revolution. |
| 1808 - 1814, Salamanca, Vittoria, Toulouse, during the Peninsula War |
| 1854 - 1855, Balaclava, Sebastopol, during the Crimean War |
| 1899 - 1902, Defence of Ladysmith during the Boer War |
| 1914 - 1918, Mons, le cateau, Marne, Messines 1914, Ypres 21914, 1915,
Bellewaarde, Somme 1916, 1918, Cambrai 1917, 1918, Ameiens, and Mons. during the
First World War. |
The regiment was awarded one Victoria Cross, won by Second Lt J Norwood, at Ladysmith during the Boer War. 1899.
The Inniskillings (6th Dragoons)
Raised in 1689 as Cunningham's Dragoons changing there name in 1751 to the
6th Inniskillin Dragoons.
Battle Honours (shown on their Standards and Colours)
| 1740 - 1748 Battle of Dettingen during the War of the Austrian
Succession. |
| 1756 1763 Warbung during the Seven years war |
| 1793 - 1802 Willems, during the French revolutionary wars |
| 1815 Battle of waterloo |
| 1854 - 1855 Balaclava,and Sebastopol during the Crimean War |
| 1899 - 1902 The Boer War |
| 1914 - 1918 Somme 1916, 1918, Morval, Cambrai, St Quentin Canal.
Pursuit to Mons. During World war One |
One Victoria Cross awarded to Surgeon Mouat, (print available) during The
Battle of Balaclava, Crimean war
Both regiments were amalgamated in 1922, to become the 5th Inniskiling
Dragoons, (Guards was added in 1927, and Royal added in 1935, (becoming 5th
Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
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