5th Regiment of Dragoon Guards
| 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) | |
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Badge of the 5th Dragoon Guards
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| Active | 1685-1922 |
| Country |
 Kingdom of Ireland (1746–1788) United Kingdom (1801–1922) |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Cavalry of the Line |
| Role | Heavy Cavalry |
| Size | 1 Regiment |
| Nickname(s) | The Green Horse |
| Motto(s) | Vestigia nulla restorsum (Latin - We do not retreat) |
| March | (Quick) The Gay Cavalier |
| Anniversaries | Salamanca Day |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
7th Earl of Cardigan |
Kingdom of England (1685–1707)
Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1746, 1788–1800)
The 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685 as the Duke of Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as the 5th Regiment of Dragoon Guards in 1788 and as the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards in 1804. It saw service for two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with The Inniskillings (6th Dragoons), to form the 5th/6th Dragoons in 1922.
The regiment was first raised by Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury as the Duke of Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse in 1685, as part of the response to the Monmouth Rebellion by the regimenting of various independent troops, and was ranked as the 6th Regiment of Horse. It fought at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 and the Siege of Limerick in August 1691 during the Williamite War in Ireland. It was part of the covering force at the Siege of Namur in 1695 during the Nine Years' War and then fought at the Battle of Blenheim in August 1704, the Battle of Ramillies in May 1706 and the Battle of Malplaquet in September 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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