Reminiscences of a Veteran. Alexander Robb, Late 42nd.
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The British Army.
Milne in “Standards and Colors of the Army,” says that the British Army as a permanent force dates from 26 January 1660-61. Charles II established three troops of Life Guards—one of Horse (subsequently Royal Horse Guards Blue), the King’s Royal Regiment of Guards (now Grenadier Guards), and the Duke of Albemarle’s Regiment of Foot (now Coldstream Guards.)
The Present Establishment:
I. The Cavalry.
The First Life Guards, The Second Life Guards, The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), The First (The King’s) Dragoon Guards, The Second Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), The Third (The Prince of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards. The Fourth (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, The Fifth (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards, The Sixth Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), The Seventh (The Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards, The First (Royal) Dragoons, The Second Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), The Third (The King’s Own) Hussars, The Fourth (The Queen’s Own) Hussars, The Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers, The Sixth (Inniskilling) Dragoons, The Seventh (The Queen’s Own) Hussars, The Eighth (The King’s Royal Irish) Hussars, The Ninth (The Queen’s Royal) Lancers, The Tenth (The Prince of Wales’ Own Royal) Hussars, The Eleventh (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars, The Twelfth (The Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers, The Thirteenth Hussars, The Fourteenth (The King’s) Hussars, The Fifteenth (The King’s) Hussars, The Sixteenth (The Queen’s) Lancers, The Seventeenth (The Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers, The Eighteenth Hussars, The Nineteenth (Princess of Wales’s Own) Hussars, The Twentieth Hussars, The Twenty-first (Empress of India’s) Lancers.
II. The Royal Artillery.
The Royal Regiment of Artillery.