The British Cavalry

(Regiments in italics served in the Crimean War.)


Title in 1854
Title in 1900
Title in 1971
1st Life Guards 1st Life Guards The Life Guards
2nd Life Guards 2nd Life Guards The Life Guards
Royal Horse Guards Royal Horse Guards The Blues & Royals
1st (King's) Dragoon Guards 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards
2nd (Queen's) Dragoon Guards 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards
3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys)
4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
6th (Carabiniers) Dragoon Guards 6th (Carabiniers) Dragoon Guards Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys)
7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
1st (Royal) Dragoons 1st (Royal) Dragoons The Blues & Royals
2nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys) 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys)
3rd (King's Own) Light Dragoons 3rd (King's Own) Hussars Queen's Own Hussars
4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
5th (Royal Irish) Dragoons 
[disbanded 1799 until 1861, when reraised]
5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 5th/16th Queen's Royal Lancers
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
7th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons (Hussars) 7th Queen's Own Hussars Queen's Own Hussars
8th (King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons (Hussars) 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
9th (Queen's Royal) Light Dragoons (Lancers) 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's Own)
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Light Dragoons (Hussars) 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Hussars The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's Own)
13th Light Dragoons 13th Hussars 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
14th (King's) Light Dragoons 14th (King's) Hussars 14th/20th King's Hussars
15th (King's) Light Dragoons (Hussars) 15th (King's) Hussars 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars
16th (Queen's) Light Dragoons (Lancers) 16th (Queen's) Lancers 5th/16th Queen's Royal Lancers
17th Light Dragoons (Lancers) 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers 17th/21st Lancers
Regiments re-raised in 1858
18th Light Dragoons (Hussars) [disbanded 1821] 18th Hussars 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
19th Light Dragoons [disbanded 1821]  19th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars 15th/19th King's Royal Hussars
20th Light Dragoons [disbanded 1819] 20th Hussars 14th/20th King's Hussars
21st Light Dragoons [disbanded 1819] 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers 17th/21st Lancers


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