The Regular Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army

The Regiments until 1751

The Seven Years’ War

The American War of Independence

The War of the Coalitions and the Napoleonic Wars

From the Napoleonic Wars until the Great War

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

Titles in 1958 Titles in 1971
The Life Guards The Life Guards
The Royal Horse Guards } 1969: The Blues and Royals
1st The Royal Dragoons
1st King’s Dragoon Guards } 1959: 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
The Queen’s Bays
3rd Carabiniers } 1971: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
The Royal Scots Greys
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
3rd The King’s Own Hussars } 1958: The Queen’s Own Hussars
7th Queen’s Own Hussars
4th Queen’s Own Hussars } 1958: The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars
8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars
9th Queen’s Royal Lancers } 1960: The 9th/12th Royal Lancers
12th Royal Lancers
10th Royal Hussars } 1969: The Royal Hussars
11th Hussars
13th/18th Royal Hussars 13th/18th Royal Hussars
14th/20th King’s Hussars 14th/20th King’s Hussars
15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars
16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers
17th/21st Lancers 17th/21st Lancers
1st Royal Tank Regiment 1st Royal Tank Regiment
2nd Royal Tank Regiment 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
3rd Royal Tank Regiment } 1959: 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
6th Royal Tank Regiment
4th Royal Tank Regiment } 1959: 4th Royal Tank Regiment
7th Royal Tank Regiment
5th Royal Tank Regiment } 1960: 5th Royal Tank Regiment 1969: disbanded
8th Royal Tank Regiment

The Regiments in 1971

Options for Change: 1992 and 1993

The Regiments in 1994

The Regiments in 2023

Alphabetical List of the Regiments