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4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/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