The 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1689 as Sir Albert Cunningham's Regiment of Dragoons. One of...
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the regiment discarded the "6th" and inserted Inniskilling into its title, thereby becoming the 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. In the following year...
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The 6th Dragoons or 6th Dragoon Regiment may refer to: 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, a British regiment active 1689-1922 6th Dragoon Regiment (France)...
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Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
was an English aristocrat, baronet and military officer in the Inniskilling Dragoons. He was a prominent Staffordshire landholder. Sir Tonman Mosley...
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Lawrence Oates (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
service during the Second Boer War as a junior officer in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, having been transferred to that cavalry regiment as a second...
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War II Stryker Dragoon, an American infantry fighting vehicle 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, cavalry regiment of the British Army Dragoon, Tyson Granger's...
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a families weekend. Oates' Sunday Captain L E G Oates, of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, became a legend of self-sacrifice when, as a member of Scott's...
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Royal Scots Greys (redirect from The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons))
Greys, along with the Inniskilling Dragoons, met with the rearguard of the French forces near the town of Zierenberg. There the dragoons, supported by some...
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Greys, the 6th Dragoons, 4th Dragoon Guards, and the 5th Dragoon Guards; the brigade's remaining two squadrons from the 1st Royal Dragoons were left in...
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Wales's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards. In 1922, the regiment was amalgamated with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons to form the 5th/6th Dragoons. Its history and...
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Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
commissioned as a subaltern, with the rank of lieutenant, in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons on 10 May 1882. He joined his regiment in South Africa later...
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Frederick Fryer (British Army officer) (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
23 September 1943 ) was a British Army cavalry officer in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. He served in the Second Boer War and the First World War, commanding...
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Henry Dalrymple White (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
Vice-Admiral Sir John White, White was commissioned into the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and purchased a captaincy in his regiment in 1844. He became...
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George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
Pembroke was promoted to a major-general and became colonel of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons in 1797. He was further promoted to lieutenant-general in 1802...
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(King's Own) Dragoons 5th (Royal Irish) Dragoons 4th (Queen's Own) Dragoons 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 7th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons 8th (The King's...
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Valentine McMaster (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
transferred from the 78th Highlanders to be assistant surgeon of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, moving to the 18th Hussars in June 1864. Promoted to the rank...
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predecessor the 5th Dragoons active 1751–1799 5th Dragoon Guards, British Army unit active 1788–1922 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, British Army...
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John Dunville (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
army instead. He was aged 21 and a second lieutenant in the 1st (Royal) Dragoons, British Army during the First World War when he was awarded the Victoria...
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Dragoons) to form 5th/6th Dragoons (1922); redesignated 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (1927); redesignated 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards (1935); amalgamated...
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cavalry regiments (the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, and the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars)...
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James Jackson (British Army officer) (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
the colonelcy of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, transferring in 1860 to the 6th Dragoon Guards and again in 1868 to the 1st Dragoon Guards, a position...
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the 5th Dragoon Guards. The Heavy Brigade was made up of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the 5th Dragoon Guards, the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons and the...
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Joseph Muter (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
made colonel of the 8th Light Dragoons on 24 August 1839 and colonel of the 6th Inniskilling (Irish) Regiment of Dragoons on 30 April 1840. Some time around...
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John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
promoted to brigadier general on 1 June 1706, became colonel of the Grey Dragoons on 24 August 1706. He became 2nd Earl of Stair in January 1707 when his...
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Gordon Burnham (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, with him entering service with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. While serving in India in 1910, Burnham made his first-class...
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of Tunis Denis Alexander, 6th Earl of Caledon (Irish Guards) Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons Dudley Allenby, 2nd Viscount...
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appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the Rifle Brigade in 1880 and of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons in 1897, Honorary Colonel of the Isle of Wight Artillery Militia...
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Patrick Tonyn (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers)
Charles Tonyn, was a Colonel in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. Patrick Tonyn became a captain in the 6th 6th Dragoons in 1751, and served with that regiment...
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Irish Lancers (disbanded in 1799 and reformed in 1858); the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars...
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Norman Wood (footballer, born 1890) (category 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons soldiers)
opportunities for colleagues". On 7 May 1906, Wood enlisted in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, but was discharged little over two months later, due to "having...
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