Great Britain

1st Life Guards

2nd Life Guards

The Royal Horse Guards

1st The Royal Dragoons

Kingdom of England
 
1658: several Troops of
Horse Guards
raised and disbanded until:
1661:



The Royal
Regiment of Horse

Earl of Oxford’s
ranked 1st Horse
The Tangier Horse



1674:

ranked 1st Dragoons
1678:


1st Troop of Grenadiers
2nd Troop of Grenadiers
3rd Troop of Grenadiers







1683:








The King’s Own Royal
Regiment of Dragoons

Duke of Marlborough’s
1685:


Earl of Clarendon’s
1688:

Duke of Berwick’s
Robert Clifford’s
1688:

Duke of Hamilton’s
Earl of Clarendon’s
1689:


Anthony Heyford’s
1690:








The Royal
Regiment of Dragoons

Edward Matthews’
1693:
Horse Grenadier Guards


1697:


Earl of Strafford’s
1703:

Duke of Northumberland’s

1707: Kingdom of Great Britain
1709:


1st Troop,
2nd Troop,

Horse Grenadier Guards






1712:

Earl Rivers’s

1712:

Earl of Peterborough’s

1715:

Duke of Argyll’s
Viscount Cobham’s
1717:

Duke of Bolton’s

1721:


Charles Hotham’s
1723:


Humphrey Gore’s
1733:

Duke of Argyll’s

1739:


Duke of Marlborough’s
1739:


Henry Hawley’s
1740:

Earl of Hertford’s

1742:

Duke of Argyll’s

1742:

Earl of Hertford’s

1746: 1st Troop,
2nd Troop,

Horse Guards



removed from ranking





1750:

The Royal Horse Guards Blue

1751:





1st (Royal)
Regiment of Dragoons

1777:


1st (Royal) Dragoons
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1788: both 1st Troops formed both 2nd Troops formed
1st Regiment of Life Guards
2nd Regiment of Life Guards


1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1819:



The Royal Regiment of
Horse Guards (The Blues)



HC
HC
HC
1D
1877: 1st Life Guards

2nd Life Guards

The Royal Horse Guards
(The Blues)



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1882:



The Household Cavalry
Composite Regiment





1882:

disbanded

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1899:



The Household Cavalry
Composite Regiment





1901:

disbanded

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1D
LG
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HC RHG
1D
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1914:



The Household Cavalry
Composite Regiment





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1914:



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1916:

from reserve personel
The Household Battalion


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HouseholdB
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1918: 1st Battalion,
The Guards
Machine Gun Regiment

2nd Battalion,
The Guards
Machine Gun Regiment

disbanded 3rd Battalion,
The Guards
Machine Gun Regiment




1918: 1st Life Guards

2nd Life Guards

The Royal Horse Guards
(The Blues)



1921:


1st The Royal Dragoons
1922: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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1922: The Life Guards
LG
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RHG
layout
LG
HC RHG
1RD
1940:



transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
1948: layout
layout
1D
LG
HC RHG
layout
1961:



The Royal Dragoons
(1st Dragoons)

layout layout
1969:
The Blues and Royals
(Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
layout
Blues
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1992: The Household Cavalry Regiment
2023: LG HC Blues