The Empress's Dragoons of the Imperial Guard (French: Dragons de l'Impératrice de la Garde Impériale) was a heavy cavalry unit formed by Napoleon I through...

the Imperial Guard and from 1806 were brigaded together with the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard. A part of the Republican Consular Guard, the Grenadiers...

(Light) Dragoons and 25th Dragoons (renumbered as the 22nd Dragoons in 1802). Carman 1977, p. 48. "Dragoon". Oxford English Dictionary. A kind of carbine...

The Imperial Guard (French: Garde Impériale) was an elite guard formation of the French Imperial Army under the direct command of Napoleon. Expanding...

redesignated 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (1920); amalgamated with The Inniskillings (6th Dragoons) to form 5th/6th Dragoons (1922); redesignated...

(Prince of Wales's) and 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)), and The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons). Soon after, the regiment deployed on four tours of Northern...

officer of the French Imperial Army notably serving as Colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Regiment and later Empress's Dragoons of the Imperial Guard and lead...

1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) of the British Army. Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry, the regiment recruits...

The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (descended from the 1st Royal Dragoons) and the Royal Anglian Regiment (descended from the...

The Old Guard (French: Vieille garde) were the veteran elements of the Emperor Napoleon's Imperial Guard. As such it was the most prestigious formation...

The Russian Imperial Guard, officially known as the Leib Guard (Russian: Лейб-гвардия Leyb-gvardiya, from German Leib "body"; cf. Life Guards / Bodyguard)...

administration of garrisons, recruitment, and providing National Guard and local forces for invasion. The Imperial Army was divided into three separate types of commands:...

The Éclaireurs of the Guard (French: Éclaireurs de la Garde) was a Corps of cavalry scouts of the French Imperial Guard, which included three cavalry...

The 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1688 as Lord Cavendish's Regiment of Horse. It...

squadrons of the élite Imperial Guard Mounted Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard and Dragoons of the Imperial Guard, was also present at the battle under the command...

The Mamelukes of the Imperial Guard (French: Mamelouks de la Garde Impériale) were a cavalry unit that served in Napoleon I’s Imperial Guard during the...

The Imperial Guard of Napoleon III was a military corps in the French Army formed by Napoleon III as a re-establishment of his uncle Napoleon I's Imperial...

Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) . Royal Armoured Corps 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Royal Dragoon Guards Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Vietnam People's Army:...

distinction in the first French Revolutionary Wars and became, under the First French Empire, a major in the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard. Volunteering...

regiment of the Imperial Guard. Léon Descharmes, lieutenant of the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard. Emile Perussel, maréchal des logis. Louis Guttig, corporal...

The Sailors of the Imperial Guard (French: Marins de la Garde Impériale) were a naval unit within Napoleon's Imperial Guard. The unit's soldiers not only...

1914 Homepage of the 7th Imperial and Royal Dragoons, Linz/Danube Homepage of the 4th Dragoons ("Kaiser Ferdinand") Homepage of the Dragoon Museum in Wels...

cavalry corps joined the Imperial Guard, such as the dragoons in 1806, the Polish lancers in 1807, the red lancers in 1810, the Lithuanian lancers and...

facings, the latter worn over red trousers, for the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard). During the Crimean War, the United States War Department sent three United...

The Mounted Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard (French: Chasseurs à cheval de la Garde impériale) constituted a light cavalry regiment in the Consular, then...

The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) was a heavy cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1661 as the Tangier Horse. It served for...

were silver. The uniform of the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard was very similar to that of the Grenadier of the line : Both were made of a blue coat...

The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army formed in 1922. It served in the Second World War. However following the reduction...

A dragoon helmet is an ornate style of metal combat helmet featuring a tall crest; they were initially used by dragoons, but later by other types of heavy...

more dragoon regiments became light dragoons. By 1861, the last light dragoons retitled as hussars, leaving three regiments of dragoons and seven of dragoon...