3rd Dragoon Guards

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards)


caption=Uniform of 3rd Dragoon Guards, 1838
dates=1685-1922
country=United Kingdom
branch=Army
type=Line Cavalry
role=Cavalry
size=One regiment
command_structure=
current_commander=
garrison=RHQ
ceremonial_chief=
ceremonial_chief_label=Colonel-in-Chief
colonel_of_the_regiment
nickname=
motto=Ich Dien (I Serve)
colors=
identification_symbol_2
identification_symbol_2
march=Quick - God Bless the Prince of Wales. Slow - Men of Harlech
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notable_commanders=
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in 1922.

The regiment was first raised as the Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse in 1685, by the regimenting of various independent troops, and ranked as the 4th Regiment of Horse. In 1746 it was ranked as the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and formally titled in 1751 as the 3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards. Shortly thereafter, in 1765, it took the title 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, for the future George IV.

After service in the First World War, it retitled as 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) in 1921, and was amalgamated with the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) to form the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards the following year.

References

*cite web
url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/DG3.htm
title=3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's)
accessmonthday=March 30
accessyear=2007
last=Mills
first=T.F.
work=regiments.org Includes chronological index of titles.