Badge
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Nicknames
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Old Canaries
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Motto
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Ich Dien
I Serve
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Regimental Marches
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God Bless the Prince of Wales (Quick)
Richards
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Men of Harlech (Slow)
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Depot
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Newport
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Colonels
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1685 - 1922
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Lieutenant Colonels
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1685 - 1922
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Soldiers
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1685 - 1922
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Uniforms
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1685 - 1922
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Pouchbelts
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1685 - 1922
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Sabretaches
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1685 - 1922
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Principal Campaigns and Battles
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1758 - 1763
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Germany
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1793 - 1795
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Flanders
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1809 - 1814
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Peninsular War
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1868
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Abyssinia
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1899 - 1902
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South African War
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1914 - 1918
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The Great War
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Predecessor Units
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Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse (1685 - 1687)
The 4th Regiment of Horse (1687 - 1746)
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Successor Units
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3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) (1922 - 1971)
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabaniers and Greys) (1971 - )
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Suggested Reading
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The History of the Third Dragoon Guards, 1914 - 1918 by H. P. Holt (Privately Printed: 1937)
Historical Record of Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards (London: Clowes: 1838)
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Regimental Museum
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The Castle, Chester
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