Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards)

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Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) was a British Army cavalry regiment with origins in the 17th century that served in numerous campaigns before later being amalgamated into other dragoon guard units.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cavalry regiment
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
alsoKnownAs 6th Dragoon Guards NERFINISHED
6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) NERFINISHED
The Carabiniers NERFINISHED
amalgamatedInto 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards) NERFINISHED
amalgamationPartner 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales’s) NERFINISHED
associatedWith British heavy cavalry brigade formations
branch British Army
country United Kingdom
equipment Carbine
garrisonLocation United Kingdom NERFINISHED
heritage part of the lineage of modern British armoured regiments
languageOfCommand English
militaryBranch Cavalry
militaryFunction mounted combat
reconnaissance
shock action on the battlefield
militaryUnitSize regiment
notableFeature armed with carbines instead of full-length muskets
notableFor long continuous service from the 17th century
service in multiple major European and colonial campaigns
originatedAs Lord Lumley’s Regiment of Horse NERFINISHED
participatedIn Crimean War NERFINISHED
First World War NERFINISHED
Napoleonic Wars
Second Boer War NERFINISHED
Seven Years’ War NERFINISHED
War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED
raisedInCentury 17th century
raisedInCountry England NERFINISHED
regimentType Dragoon Guards NERFINISHED
Heavy cavalry
role Shock cavalry
service regular army
status amalgamated
tradition British heavy cavalry traditions
uniformType Dragoon Guards uniform

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