HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE THIRD,
OR
PRINCE OF WALES' REGIMENT
OF
DRAGOON GUARDS.
CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF
THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT
IN 1685,
AND OF
ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES
TO 1838.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
14, CHARING CROSS.
1838.
CONTENTS.
| Anno | Page | |
| 1685 | Monmouth's Rebellion—The Regiment raised | 1 |
| —— | Obtains rank as Fourth Horse | 2 |
| —— | Equipped as Cuirassiers | 3 |
| —— | Reviewed by King James II. | — |
| 1686 | First Establishment | 5 |
| —— | Encamps on Hounslow Heath—Reviewed by the King—Names of Officers | 6 |
| 1688 | The Revolution—Cuirasses delivered into Store | 7 |
| 1689 | Proceeds to Scotland | 10 |
| —— | Skirmish at St. Johnston | 14 |
| —— | Returns to England | 15 |
| 1691 | Proceeds to the Netherlands | 16 |
| 1692 | Battle of Steenkirk | 17 |
| 1693 | —— —— Landen | 18 |
| 1695 | Covering the Siege of Namur | 21 |
| 1697 | Returns to England | 22 |
| 1702 | Proceeds to Holland | 23 |
| —— | Covering the Sieges of Venloo, Ruremonde, Stevenswaert, and Liege | 24 and 25 |
| 1703 | Skirmish near Haneff, and Covering the Sieges of Huy and Limburg | 26 |
| 1704 | Battle of Schellenberg | 28 |
| —— | —— —— Blenheim | 30 |
| —— | Covering the Siege of Landau | 33 |
| 1705 | —— —— —— —— Huy | 34 |
| —— | Forcing the French Lines | — |
| —— | Covering the Siege of Sandvliet | 36 |
| 1706 | Battle of Ramilies | — |
| 1707 | Cuirasses restored | 39 |
| 1708 | Battle of Oudenarde | 40 |
| —— | Covering the Siege of Lisle | 41 |
| —— | Battle of Wynendale | 41 |
| 1709 | Covering the Siege of Tournay | — |
| —— | Battle of Malplaquet | — |
| —— | Covering the Siege of Mons | 44 |
| 1710 | Ditto of Douay, Bethune, Aire, and St. Venant | — |
| 1711 | Covering the Siege of Bouchain | 45 |
| 1714 | Returns to England—Cuirasses delivered into Store | 46 |
| 1715 | Rebellion of the Earl of Mar | 47 |
| 1722 | Encamped near Andover, &c., and Reviewed by King George I. | 48 |
| 1727 | Reviewed by George II. | 49 |
| 1731 | Ditto | — |
| 1738 | Ditto | 50 |
| 1741 | Encamped on Lexdon Heath | — |
| 1743 | Sent in Pursuit of Semphill's Highlanders | — |
| 1745 | Rebellion in Favour of the Pretender | 52 |
| 1746 | Reduced to the Quality of Dragoons, and styled The Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards | 53 |
| 1754 | Employed on Coast Duty | 57 |
| 1755 | A Light Troop added to the Regiment | 58 |
| 1757 | Encamped on Salisbury Plain | — |
| 1758 | Expedition to the Coast of France | 59 |
| —— | Proceeds to Germany | 61 |
| 1759 | Battles of Bergen and Minden | 62 |
| 1760 | Skirmish at Corbach | 64 |
| —— | Battle of Warbourg | 66 |
| 1761 | —— —— Kirch-Denkern | 68 |
| —— | Skirmish at Capelnhagen | 69 |
| —— | —— —— Eimbeck and Foorwohle | 70 |
| 1762 | Battle of Groebenstien | — |
| —— | Skirmish near the Fulda | 71 |
| 1763 | Returns to England | 72 |
| —— | Light Troop disbanded | — |
| 1764 | Reviewed by King George III. | — |
| —— | Remounted with long-tailed Horses | 73 |
| 1765 | Styled The Prince of Wales' Regiment of Dragoon Guards | — |
| 1766 | Drummers replaced by Trumpeters | 74 |
| 1768 | Reviewed by King George III. | — |
| 1770 | Ditto | — |
| 1772 | Proceeds to Scotland | — |
| 1773 | Returns to England | — |
| 1779 | Light Troop transferred to 20th Light Dragoons | 75 |
| —— | Encamped on Lexdon Heath | — |
| 1780 | Riots in London | 75 |
| 1788 | Proceeds to Scotland | 76 |
| 1789 | Returns to England | — |
| 1793 | Four Troops embark for Flanders | 77 |
| —— | Covering the Sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk | — |
| 1794 | Action at Premont and Cateau | 78 |
| —— | Battle of Tournay | 79 |
| —— | Retreat through Holland to Germany | 80 |
| 1795 | Embarks for England | 81 |
| 1799 | Encamps near Swinley—To be mounted on nag-tailed Horses | — |
| 1800 | Reviewed by King George III. | — |
| 1803 | Proceeds to Scotland | — |
| 1804 | Embarks for Ireland | — |
| 1805 | Returns to England | 82 |
| 1809 | Eight Troops embark for Portugal | 83 |
| —— | Battle of Talavera | 84 |
| 1810 | In reserve during the Battle of Busaco | 88 |
| 1811 | Skirmish near Badajoz | 90 |
| —— | —— —— Los Santos | 91 |
| —— | Battle of Albuhera | — |
| —— | Action at Usagre | 92 |
| 1812 | Covering the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo | 93 |
| —— | —— —— —— —— Badajoz | 94 |
| —— | Skirmish near Llecena | — |
| —— | —— —— Llera | — |
| —— | —— —— Belango | 96 |
| —— | Advances to Madrid | 98 |
| —— | Returns to Portugal | 99 |
| 1813 | Skirmish near Salamanca | 100 |
| —— | Battle of Vittoria | — |
| —— | In reserve during the Battle of the Pyrenees | 101 |
| 1814 | Advances into France | — |
| —— | Skirmish near St. Guadens, and Battle of Toulouse | 102 |
| 1814 | Returns to England | 102 |
| 1815 | The word Peninsula to be borne on the Standards | 103 |
| —— | Six Troops embark for Flanders | 104 |
| —— | Advances to Paris, and Reviewed by the Sovereigns of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and France | — |
| 1816 | Embarks for England | — |
| 1816 | Embarks for Ireland | 105 |
| 1819 | Facings altered from Blue to Yellow | — |
| 1820 | Proceeds to Scotland | — |
| 1822 | Attends on King George IV. on his Visit to Scotland | 106 |
| —— | Marches to England | — |
| —— | Riots at Newcastle, &c. | — |
| 1824 | Proceeds to Ireland | 107 |
| 1828 | —— —— Scotland | 108 |
| 1829 | Returns to England | — |
| 1831 | Riots at Bristol, &c. | 109 |
| 1834 | Embarks for Ireland | 111 |
| 1837 | Returns to England | — |
| 1838 | The Conclusion | — |
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.
| Anno | Page | |
| 1685 | Thomas Earl of Plymouth | 113 |
| 1687 | Sir John Fenwick, Bart. | 115 |
| 1688 | Richard Viscount Colchester | 116 |
| 1692 | John Lord Berkeley | 117 |
| 1694 | Cornelius Wood | 118 |
| 1712 | Thomas Viscount Windsor | 119 |
| 1717 | George Wade | 120 |
| 1748 | Honourable Sir Charles Howard, K.B. | 121 |
| 1765 | Lord Robert Manners | 122 |
| 1782 | Philip Honeywood | 123 |
| 1785 | Richard Burton Philipson | 124 |
| 1792 | Sir William Fawcett, K.B. | 125 |
| 1804 | Richard Vyse | 127 |
| 1825 | Sir William Payne, Bart. | 128 |
| 1831 | Samuel Hawker, G.C.H. | 129 |
LIST OF PLATES.