The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 until 1971, when they amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's...
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The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment. The regiment, through...
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The Scots Army (Scots: Scots Airmy) was the army of the Kingdom of Scotland between the Restoration in 1660 and Union with the Kingdom of England on 1...
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painting by Lady Butler depicting the start of the charge of the Royal Scots Greys, a British heavy cavalry regiment that charged with other British heavy...
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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (category Royal Scots Greys officers)
Royal Scots Greys 29 July 1957: Lieutenant, Royal Scots Greys 29 July 1961: Captain, Royal Scots Greys 31 December 1967: Major, Royal Scots Greys 30 June...
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it consisted of an English (the 1st or The Royals), a Scottish (2nd Scots Greys), and an Irish (6th or Inniskilling) regiment of heavy dragoons. More...
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Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. A highlight of the museum is the French Imperial Eagle that was captured by Sergeant Charles Ewart of the Royal Scots Greys from...
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Survival Trust. The Scots Grey is a tall, upright chicken. Apart from the height, it is similar to the Scots Dumpy. The Scots Grey has a single comb. The...
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1907, he was promoted to the rank of captain in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). He became the honorary Colonel-in-Chief of this regiment in 1920. During...
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rank of English, Irish and Scots regiments serving in the Netherlands; the regiment which became known as the Scots Greys were designated the 4th Dragoons...
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John Forbes (British Army officer) (category Royal Scots Greys officers)
University. In September 1729, he was appointed surgeon in the Royal Scots Greys, then based in Scotland. He remained with the regiment for the next 28...
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Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam (category Royal Scots Greys officers)
Training Corps, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots Greys on the Supplementary Reserve of Officers. During the Second World War...
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3rd Carabiniers (category Royal Scots Dragoon Guards)
and amalgamated with the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), forming the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) in 1971. The regiment was formed...
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Geoffrey Keyes (VC) (category Royal Scots Greys officers)
Marylebone Cricket Club. Geoffrey Keyes was commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys. He saw action at Narvik and was later attached to No. 11 (Scottish)...
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Christian Davies (category Royal Scots Greys soldiers)
Dragoons, later the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons and finally with the Scots Greys in the War of the Spanish Succession from 1701 to 1706. The author Daniel...
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("Harry Wales") (Blues and Royals) Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Royal Scots Greys) Prince Michael of Kent (11th Hussars) Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester...
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colonel. That Regiment, the Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons, which later became the Royal Scots Greys in 1877, was to have itself a long history. Many...
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rank of English, Irish, and Scots regiments serving in the Netherlands, when the regiment that became known as the Scots Greys was designated as the 4th...
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John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (category Royal Scots Greys officers)
and friends as Johnnie Althorp, he served as a captain in the Royal Scots Greys from 1944 to 1945, and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He landed in France...
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Royal Scots Greys and 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), even specifying colour. Trumpeters, too, often rode distinctive horses, such as greys, so they...
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Maurice Roëves (category Royal Scots Greys soldiers)
early to help his father, and undertook National Service in the Royal Scots Greys, where he was a tank mechanic. After he left the Army he studied at the...
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British Rail Class 55 (redirect from Royal Scots Grey)
Commons has media related to British Rail Class 55. Royal Scots Grey – owners of Royal Scots Grey The Deltic Preservation Society – owners of several locomotives...
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Charles Ewart (category Royal Scots Greys soldiers)
soldier of the Royal North British Dragoons (more commonly known as the Scots Greys), famous for capturing the regimental eagle of the 45e Régiment de Ligne...
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Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (category Royal Scots Greys officers)
commissioned on 31 January 1935 as a second lieutenant into the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), his father's regiment, then based in Egypt. On 14 July...
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rank of English, Irish and Scots regiments serving in the Netherlands, the regiment that became known as the Scots Greys were designated as the 4th dragoons...
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while the cap badge of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) (descended from the Royal Scots Greys) is an eagle. The Royal Irish Regiment...
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James Hamilton (British Army officer, born 1777) (category Royal Scots Greys officers)
Scots Greys. On 4 June 1814, Hamilton was promoted to colonel. By the time of the Battle of Waterloo he was a Lt. Colonel, commanding the Royal Scots...
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Melville Jameson (category Royal Scots Greys officers)
post. Sir Melville was commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys in 1964, commanded the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards between 1986 and 1988, was promoted to...
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John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans (category Royal Scots Greys officers)
Sandhurst. He subsequently became a captain in the 2nd Dragoons of the Scots Greys, and fought in the First World War, being awarded the Military Cross...
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