The first 20th Dragoons was raised in Ireland in 1759 as the “20th Inniskilling Light Dragoons.” Its uniform was scarlet with black facings; it was disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised from the Light Troops of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, 1st, 6th, and 11th Dragoons, in 1779. Its uniform was scarlet with yellow facings; it was disbanded in 1783.
The third was raised as “the Jamaica Light Horse” in 1791, made 20th Light Dragoons in 1794; it served in Egypt in 1807, and during the Peninsula war at Vimiero, &c. Its uniform when raised was blue with yellow facings, which were afterwards changed to orange; it was disbanded in 1818.
TWENTY-FIRST HUSSARS.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||
| East India Company’s 3rd Bengal European Cavalry. 1858 3rd Bengal European Cavalry. 1858–1861 21st Hussars. 1861—— | Blue, 1858—. | Blue, 1858—. | |
The first 21st Dragoons was raised at Windsor in 1759 as the “21st Royal Windsor Foresters.” Its uniform was scarlet with blue facings; it was disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised from the Light Troops of the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 15th, and 16th Dragoons in 1779. Its uniform was scarlet with white facings; it was disbanded in 1783.
The third was raised in 1794. Its uniform when raised was scarlet with yellow facings, but in 1815 was blue with black velvet facings; it was disbanded in 1818.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||
| The Train of Artillery. 1705–1716 The Regiment of Artillery. 1716–1727 The Royal Regiment of Artillery. 1727—— | Blue, in 1727. | Scarlet, in 1727. | The Regiment representing many Regiments, its services are too numerous to be recorded, as it has necessarily borne a part in every Campaign. |