FIRST DRAGOON GUARDS.
The Regiment was raised chiefly in the neighbourhood of London.
It wore cuirasses from its formation to 1688, and again from 1704 to 1714.
It bears the King’s Cypher within the Garter.
It received its title in 1714 for its brilliant campaigns in Flanders and Germany.
It is commonly known as “The K. D. G.’s,” and at one time was nicknamed “The Trades Union.”