"Blenheim," "Ramillies," "Oudenarde," "Malplaquet," "Beaumont," "Salamanca," "Vittoria," "Toulouse," "Peninsula," "Balaklava," "Sevastopol," "Defence of Ladysmith," "South Africa, 1899-1902."
Motto: "Vestigia nulla retrorsum" (No going backward).
Uniform, Scarlet.
Facings, Dark Green.
Head-dress, Brass helmet with red and white plume; band, red plume.
Forage cap, Blue, with dark green band.
Linked Regiment, 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards.
Special arm badge for Sergeants, White Horse of Hanover.
At Salamanca it captured the staff of the drum-major of the French 66th Regiment. This is still carried on special parades by the trumpet-major.