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Cavalry Corps MOWAG Piranha IIIH Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle (MRV) on a shoot in the Glen of Imaal. The Cavalry Corps (CAV) (Irish: An Cór Marcra) is one of the combat support corps of the Irish Army. In peacetime, the Cavalry carries out various duties in Aid to the Civil Power, such as: Border operations supporting Gardaí.
This is a current list of regiments and corps of the British Armed Forces. [1] Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps ... (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) [4]
This is a list of numbered Regiments of Cavalry of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1922 when various amalgamations were implemented. The Life Guards were formed following the end of the English Civil War as troops of Life Guards between 1658 and 1659. [ 1 ]
The heavy cavalry consisted of twelve regiments, the 1st to 7th Dragoon Guards and the 1st to 6th Dragoons—the missing regiment was the 5th Dragoons, disbanded for mutiny in 1799 without renumbering younger regiments—while the light cavalry consisted of the 7th through 29th Light Dragoons and two regiments of German cavalry on the British ...
The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1693. It saw service for three centuries including the First and Second World Wars . The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces, and went on to distinguish itself in the battles of the Korean War , but was recommended for ...
The Blues – Royal Horse Guards [1] (only British heavy cavalry regiment to wear blue rather than red uniforms) The Blue Horse – 4th Dragoon Guards [3] The Blue Mafia – Queen's Own Highlanders; Bobs' Own – Irish Guards [1] [3] [10] (refers to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 'Bobs', the first Colonel of the regiment) The Bomb-proofs – 14th ...
4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards; 5th Royal Irish Lancers; 5th Dragoon Guards; ... List of corps cavalry regiments of the British Army 1916–19; N. North Irish Horse; Q.
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) - formed in 1800 as the Experimental Corps of Rifles, renamed the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) in 1803. 2nd Battalion raised in 1805. 3rd Battalion raised in 1809. 96th Regiment of Foot-100th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot - 1 Battalion raised in Ireland in 1804. Transferred to ...