TABLE of the Existing Regiments of the Army, showing their Former Numbers and Present Territorial Titles.
CAVALRY
| 1st Life Guards 2nd Life Guards |
consisted first of four troops of Life Guards, to which two troops of Horse Grenadier Guards were added. In 1746 the two troops of Life Guards were disbanded, and the remainder organised into the present regiments in 1788. |
Royal Horse Guards (The Blues). For some time ranked as the 1st Horse.
1st Dragoon Guards (King's). Originally the 2nd Horse; made 1st Dragoon Guards 1746.
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). Originally the 3rd Horse; made 2nd Dragoon Guards 1746.
3rd Dragoon Guards. Originally the 4th Horse; made 3rd Dragoon Guards 1746.
4th Dragoon Guards. Originally the 5th Horse; 1746 became 1st Irish Horse; 1788 became 4th Dragoon Guards.
5th Dragoon Guards. Originally the 6th Horse; 1746 became 2nd Irish Horse; 1788 5th Dragoon Guards.
6th Dragoon Guards (Carbiniers). Originally the 7th Horse; 1746 became 3rd Irish Horse; 1788 6th Dragoon Guards.
7th Dragoon Guards. Originally the 8th Horse; 1746 became 4th Irish Horse; 1788 7th Dragoon Guards.
1st (Royal) Dragoons. Still known as the "Royals."
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). Long the Royal North British Dragoons.
| 3rd | Hussars. | Long the 3rd (King's Own) Dragoons. | ||
| 4th | " | Long the 4th Dragoons. | ||
| 5th | Lancers. | Long the 5th (Royal Irish) Dragoons. | ||
| 6th | (Inniskilling) Dragoons. | |||
| 7th | Hussars. | Long the 7th (Queen's Own) Dragoons. | ||
| 8th | " | Originally the | 8th | Dragoons. |
| 9th | Lancers. | " " | 9th | " |
| 10th | Hussars. | " " | 10th | " |
| 11th | " | " " | 11th | " |
| 12th | Lancers. | " " | 12th | " |
| 13th | Hussars. | " " | 13th | " |
| 14th | " | " " | 14th | " |
| 15th | " | " " | 15th | Light Dragoons. |
| 16th | Lancers. | " " | 16th | " " |
| 17th | " | " " | 17th | " " |
The remaining regiments of cavalry that survive were raised at a period subsequent to the date at which these volumes close.
INFANTRY
| Grenadier Guards | Known as the 1st Guards till 1815. |
| Coldstream Guards. | |
| Scots Guards | Known as the 3rd Guards from 1713. |
REGIMENTS OF THE LINE