The Regular Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army

The Regiments until 1751

Up to 1751 all regiments were named after their colonels. From already around 1690 the order of precedence of the regiments was fixed by giving them a ranking. In 1751 using the names of colonels was aborted and all regiments were henceforth known by their erstwhile ranking. In this table the ranking is used as if it were the title of the regiments before 1751.

Contents

- The Household Cavalry -

- Horse -

- Dragoons -


- The Household Cavalry -

1660: Horse Guards	→		→	→	→	→	→
1678: Horse Grenadier Guards	→		→	→	→	→	→


- Horse -

1650: 1^st Regiment of Horse	→		→	1746: Royal Horse Guards	→	→	→
1685: 2^nd Regiment of Horse	→		→	1746: 1^st Regiment of Dragoon Guards	→	→	→
1685: 3^rd Regiment of Horse	→		→	1746: 2^nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards	→	→	→
1685: 4^th Regiment of Horse	→		→	1746: 3^rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards	→	→	→
1685: 5^th Regiment of Horse	→		→	1746: 1^st Regiment of Horse	→	→	→
1685: 6^th Regiment of Horse	→		→	1746: 2^nd Regiment of Horse	→	→	→
1685: 7^th Regiment of Horse	→		→	1746: 3^rd Regiment of Horse	→	→	→
1688: 8^th Regiment of Horse	→		→	1746: 4^th Regiment of Horse	→	→	→
				1744: 9^th Regiment of Horse	→	1746: disbanded
				1745: 10^th Regiment of Horse	→	1748: 15^th Regiment of Dragoons ↴


- Dragoons -

1661: 1^st Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1678: 2^nd Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1685: 3^rd Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1685: 4^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1689: 5^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1689: 6^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1689: 7^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1693: 8^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1715: 9^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1715: 10^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1715: 11^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1715: 12^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1715: 13^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1715: 14^th Regiment of Dragoons	→		→	→	→	→	→
1715: 15^th Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
1715: 16^th Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
1715: 17^th Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
1715: 18^th Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
1715: 19^th Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
1715: 20^th Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
1716: 21^st Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
1716: 22^nd Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
1716: 23^rd Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
1716: 24^th Regiment of Dragoons	→	1717: disbanded
1716: 25^th Regiment of Dragoons	→	1718: disbanded
↳ from 10^th Regiment of Horse			→	1748: 15^th Regiment of Dragoons	→	1748: disbanded

The Seven Years’ War

The American War of Independence

The War of the Coalitions and the Napoleonic Wars

From the Napoleonic Wars until the Great War

The Regiments in 1880

The Regiments in 1900

The Regiments raised during the Second Boer War

The Regiments in 1914

The numbered Dragoon Regiments from 1751 to 1922

The Reorganisation of 1922

The Regiments in 1939

The Regiments raised during World War II

Changes from 1958 to 1971

The Regiments in 1971

Options for Change: 1992 and 1993

The Regiments in 1994

The Regiments in 2023

Alphabetical List of the Regiments

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