| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| Colonel Henry Cunningham’s Regiment of Dragoons. 1693–1706 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1706–1751 8th Dragoons. 1751–1776 8th Light Dragoons. 1776–1777 8th, or the King’s Royal Irish Light Dragoons. 1777–1822 8th, The King’s Royal Irish Hussars. 1822—— | Scarlet, 1693–1784. Blue, 1784—. | Yellow, 1693–1777. Blue, 1777–1784. Scarlet, 1784–1823. Blue, 1823—. | Barcelona, 1705. Almanza, 1707. Almanara, 1710. Saragossa, 1710. Spain, 1704–1713. Flanders, 1794–1795. Egypt, 1801. Leswarree, 1803. Agra, 1803. Deeg, 1804. | Bhurtpore, 1805. Hindoostan, 1802–1822. Alma, 1854. Balaklava, 1854. Inkerman, 1854. Sevastopol, 1855. Central India, 1858. Indian Mutiny, 1858. |
The Regiment was raised in Ireland from among the loyal Protestants who had fought at the battle of the Boyne, &c.
It received its title, crest, and motto in 1777 as a mark of Royal approbation of its conduct.
It bears the “Harp and Crown” with the motto “Pristinæ virtutis memores.”
It and the 76th Foot captured forty-four stand of Colours and seventy-two guns at the battle of Leswarree.
It was permitted to wear the sword belt over the right shoulder for its gallantry at the battle of Saragossa, where it took the belts of the Spanish Cavalry. This was confirmed by the King’s Regulations of 1768, which caused it to be commonly known as “the Cross Belts.”
It was known as “St. George’s” from its Colonel’s name 1740–1755.
NINTH LANCERS.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | ||
| Uniform. | Facings. | |||
| Colonel Owen Wynne’s Regiment of Dragoons. 1715–1719 (Its Colonel’s name.) 1719–1751 9th Dragoons. 1751–1783 9th Light Dragoons. 1783–1816 9th Lancers. 1816–1830 9th, The Queen’s Royal Lancers. 1830—— | Scarlet, 1715–1784. Blue, 1784–1831. Scarlet, 1831–1842. Blue, 1842—. | Buff, 1715–1812. Crimson, 1812–1831. Blue, 1831–1842. Scarlet, 1842—. | Buenos Ayres, 1806. Monte Vid=eo, 1807. Flushing, 1809. Peninsula, 1811–1813. Punniar, 1843. Sobraon, 1846. | Punjaub, 1848–1849. Chillianwallah, 1849. Goojerat, 1849. Delhi, 1857. Lucknow, 1858. Indian Mutiny, 1857–1858. |
The Regiment was raised in the southern counties of England.