The early uniform of British light dragoons made great impression on many onlookers. French General Foy wrote: "During the war in the Peninsula, the French soldiers were so struck with the elegant dresses of the light dragoons, their shining helmets, and the graceful shape of men and horses, that they gave them the name of Lindors (figures from ...

The Independence Dragoons wear 19th-century dress uniforms similar to those of the earlier Imperial Honor Guard, which are used as the regimental full dress uniform since 1927. The uniform was designed by Debret , in white and red, with plumed bronze helmets.

King's Royal Hussars, Queen's Royal Hussars, Light Dragoons, the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the Royal Signals wear a black fur busby, with different coloured plumes and bags (this is the coloured lining of the busby that is pulled out and displayed …

The serge frock described in the 1891 regulations was first authorised in 1885 and for Dragoon Guards and Dragoons the frock was scarlet serge (blue in the 6th DG) of loose fit with pleats on each side of the front and five in the waist at the back.

Officers of the 3rd Light Dragoons 1840, 10th Hussars 1844, and 16th Lancers 1846, clearly revealing glamorous and impractical uniforms harking back to the Napoleonic Wars. Note the long stirrups and straight legs of the men depicted, their heavily embroidered and ostentatious sabretaches and shabraques.

Field Officer and Private, Dress Uniform 1854: Regimental Sergeant-Major 1860: Private, Review Order 1860: Corporal, 1866: Field Day c1868: Privates 1871: The 2nd Royal North British Dragoons, 1875: Sergeant 1877: Corporal and Privates 1876: Officer in Frockcoat 1880: Dawn on Chobham Common, c1874: Sergeants Group, 1880: On the March 1881 ...

Dragoon Guards and Dragoons. The Scottish dragoons obtained a reputation for their eye-catching uniforms and powerful grey horses. British dragoons and dragoon guards served with distinction in the Peninsular War and during the Waterloo Campaign.

In 1856 the British hussar regiments adopted a tunic similar to the “Attilla” introduced in the 1850s by Austria, Prussia and many other German states. This was a dark blue single breasted garment edged all round with yellow cord (gold for officers) including the collar.

King's Dragoon Guards' Uniforms Officers and Trumpeter 1914 The final form of officers’ uniform in mounted review order is illustrated here by Richard Simkin some time in 1914, before the outbreak of war.

Sep 24, 2016 · #3 The 5th Dragoon Guards “This regiment was raised in 1685 as the 7th Horse and became the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’) Dragoon Guards in 1804. It was amalgamated with the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. The uniform shown here is that of an officer of William IV.” Officer, 5th Dragoon Guards (c. 1830)