4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:British_Army_officer
cavalry
gptkbp:alliedWith 4th Cavalry Regiment (India)
4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse (Australia)
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:France_and_Flanders_1914–18
gptkb:Balaclava
gptkb:Sevastopol
gptkb:Cambrai_1917
gptkb:Somme_1916
gptkb:Dettingen
gptkb:Marne_1914
gptkb:Mons
gptkb:South_Africa_1899–1902
gptkb:Ypres_1914
Aisne 1914
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1922
gptkbp:established 1685
gptkbp:firstShotWWI The regiment fired the first British shot of the First World War
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:York
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
gptkbp:mergedInto 4th/7th Dragoon Guards
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Quis_Separabit
gptkbp:nickname The Old Fourteenth
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Balaclava
gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Battle_of_Dettingen
gptkbp:originallyRaisedAs The Earl of Arran's Regiment of Cuirassiers
gptkbp:previousName 4th (Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards
4th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoon Guards
4th Regiment of Horse
gptkbp:regimentalColonel Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood
General Sir James Yorke Scarlett
General Sir John Slade
gptkbp:regimentalInsignia Star of the Order of St Patrick
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:Garryowen
gptkbp:regimentalMuseum gptkb:York_Army_Museum
gptkbp:role Heavy cavalry
gptkbp:type gptkb:Cavalry
gptkbp:uniformFacings Green
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Heavy_Brigade
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6