It bears the Thistle within the Circle and motto of St. Andrew “Nemo me impune lacessit,”—also “Second to None.”
It also bears an Eagle in commemoration of its capture of the Eagle of the 45th French Regiment at the battle of Waterloo.
It captured the Colours of the French “Regiment-du-Roi,” at the battle of Ramilies, for which it is permitted to wear Grenadier caps; and a Standard of the French Guards at the battle of Dettingen.
About 1700 it was commonly known as “The Grey Dragoons,” and “The Scots Regiment of White Horses.”
THIRD HUSSARS.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| The Queen Consort’s Regiment of Dragoons. 1685–1714 The King’s Own Regiment of Dragoons. 1714–1751 3rd, or King’s Own Dragoons. 1751–1818 3rd, or King’s Own Light Dragoons. 1818–1861 3rd King’s Own Hussars. 1861—— | Scarlet, 1685–1818. Blue, 1818–1830. Scarlet, 1830–1842. Blue, 1842—. | Blue, 1685–1818. Scarlet, 1818—. | Boyne, 1690. Aughrim, 1691. Flanders, 1694–1697. Almanza, 1707. Spain, 1706–1708. Dettingen, 1743. Fontenoy, 1745. Flanders, 1742–1745. Llereena, 1812. Salamanca, 1812. | Vittoria, 1813. Toulouse, 1814. Peninsula, 1811–1814. Cabool, 1842. Moodkee, 1845. Ferozeshah, 1845. Sobraon, 1846. Punjaub, 1848–1849. Chillianwallah, 1849. Goojerat, 1849. |
The Regiment was chiefly raised in Berkshire, Mid=dlesex, Hertfordshire and Essex.
It received its Title on its formation in honour of the Queen Consort.
It bears the White Horse within the Garter and the motto “Nec aspera terrent.”
It was nicknamed “Lord Adam Gordon’s Life Guards” from that officer detaining it so long in Scotland when he commanded there.