The 2nd Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars, the Boer War and in the First World War when it was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.
c. 1816 painting of the brigade at Waterloo by Denis Dighton
1881 artist’s impression of the charge of the Royal Scots Greys at Waterloo in 1815.
A patrol of the 18th Hussars attempting to obtain information from the local population, 21 August 1914.
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
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The 6th Dragoons was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1689 as Sir Albert Cunningham's Regiment of Dragoons. One of the regiment's most notable battles was the Battle of the Boyn
2nd Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)
…2nd Regiment of Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons As the brigade consisted of regiments from England (1st Dragoons), Scotland (2nd Dragoons) and Ireland (6th Dragoons), it was known as the 2nd (Union…
Badge of the Inniskilling Dragoons
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
c. 1751 painting of a regimental private
Memorial window at St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen