The Regular Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army

From the Napoleonic Wars until the Great War

After the reductions following the Napoleonic War there were three Houshold Cavalry Regiments, seven Regiments of Dragoon Guards and sixteen Regiments in the light branch left.

The Great Mutiny led first to the raising of two light regiments and then to the addition of three regiments that erstwhile served with the East India Company. At the same time the conversion of Light Dragoons into Hussars and, less prominent, into Lancers was very popular.

1^st Reg^t of Life Guards →	→		1877:	1^st Life Guards
2^nd Reg^t of Life Guards →	→		1877:	2^nd Life Guards
The Royal Reg^t of Horse Guards →	→		1877:	The Royal Horse Guards
1^st Reg^t of Dragoon Guards →	→		1861:	1^st Dragoon Guards
2^nd Reg^t of Dragoon Guards →	→		1861:	2^nd Dragoon Guards
3^rd Reg^t of Dragoon Guards →	→		1861:	3^rd Dragoon Guards
4^th Reg^t of Dragoon Guards →	→		1861:	4^th Dragoon Guards
5^th Reg^t of Dragoon Guards →	→		1861:	5^th Dragoon Guards
6^th Reg^t of Dragoon Guards →	→		1861:	6^th Dragoon Guards
7^th Reg^t of Dragoon Guards →	→		1861:	7^th Dragoon Guards
1^st Reg^t of Dragoons →	→		1861:	1^st Dragoons
2^nd Reg^t of Dragoons →	→		1861:	2^nd Dragoons
3^rd Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons →	→		1861:	3^rd Hussars
4^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons →	→		1861:	4^th Hussars
	1858:	5^th Reg^t of Dragoons (Lancers) →	1861:	5^th Lancers
6^th Reg^t of Dragoons →	→		1861:	6^th Dragoons
7^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) →	→		1861:	7^th Hussars
8^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) →	→		1861:	8^th Hussars
9^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers) →	→		1861:	9^th Lancers
10^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) →	→		1861:	10^th Hussars
11^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons →	1840:	11^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) →	1861:	11^th Hussars
12^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers) →	→		1861:	12^th Lancers
13^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons →	→		1861:	13^th Hussars
14^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons →	→		1861:	14^th Hussars
15^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) →	→		1861:	15^th Hussars
16^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers) →	→		1861:	16^th Lancers
17^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers) →	→		1861:	17^th Lancers
	1858:	18^th Reg^t of (Light) Dragoons →	1861:	18^th Hussars
	1858:	1^st Bengal European Cavalry →	1862:	19^th Hussars
	1858:	2^nd Bengal European Cavalry →	1862:	20^th Hussars
	1858:	3^rd Bengal European Cavalry →	1862:	21^st Hussars → 1897: 21^st Lancers

The Regiments in 1880

The Regiments in 1900

The Regiments raised during the Second Boer War

The Regiments in 1914

The Reorganisation of 1922

The Regiments in 1939

The Regiments raised during World War II

Changes from 1958 to 1971

The Regiments in 1971

Options for Change: 1992 and 1993

The Regiments in 1994

The Regiments in 2023

Alphabetical List of the Regiments