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Cavalry of the Guard by Michael Angelo Hayes Showing the 1st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards ( The Blues), Royal Dragoons, 1st Dragoons. |
Royal Horse Guards by Richard Simkin. No text for this item |
Kassassin Charge of the Household Cavalry by J Richards. At Kassassin on the 28th August, General Grahams force was vigorously attacked by the Egyptians. He signalled for assistance, which was afforded him by the Life Guards and the Blues with the Horse Artillery, and the 7th Dragoon Guards. Then came the so-called Midnight Charge. Considering that the attack was not seriously begun till 4.30 p.m., and that General Graham ordered a general return to camp at 8.45 p.m., the title is certainly a misnomer. When they arrived near enough to the scene of the conflict for bullets to drop among the troopers, they halted just to breathe the tired horses, and then came the order to charge. Like a thunderbolt, furious and irresistible, the heavy troopers rode for the enemy. A terrible scene of slaughter and confusion ensued; the enemy fled in great disorder, and the battle was won. |
Cavalry Types of the British Army by Richard Simkin. 3rd Hussars, Trooper 16th Lancers, Trooper 15th Hussars, Sergeant 11the Hussars, Officer 4th Dragoons Guards, Trooper 2nd Life Guards, Trooper 6th Dragoons Guards (Carabiniers) Officer 18th Hussars, Trooper 1st Life Guards, Officer 13th Hussars, Officer 12th Lancers, Trooper 14th Hussars, Officer 10th Hussars, Officer Royal Horse Guards, Officer 7th Dragoon Guards, Trooper 5th Dragoon Guards Officer 5th Lancers, Trooper 4th Hussars, Trooper 2nd Dragoons, Royal Scots Greys, Officer 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queens Bays) Trooper 1st Royal Dragoons Corporal 7th Hussars, Trooper 17th Lancers, Trooper. |
Reflections. In this Victorian painting, a young child looks at his reflection in the breastplate armour worn by his father, a trooper of the Royal Horse Guards (the Blues) |
The Charge of Drury Lowes Cavalry at Kassassin, August 28th 1882 by Christopher Clark. At Kassassin on the 28th August, General Grahams force was vigorously attacked by the Egyptians. He signalled for assistance, which was afforded him by the Life Guards and the Blues with the Horse Artillery, and the 7th Dragoon Guards. Then came the so-called Midnight Charge. Considering that the attack was not seriously begun till 4.30 p.m., and that General Graham ordered a general return to camp at 8.45 p.m., the title is certainly a misnomer. When they arrived near enough to the scene of the conflict for bullets to drop among the troopers, they halted just to breathe the tired horses, and then came the order to charge. Like a thunderbolt, furious and irresistible, the heavy troopers rode for the enemy. A terrible scene of slaughter and confusion ensued; the enemy fled in great disorder, and the battle was won. |
Lieutenant of the Blues (Royal Horse Guards), c.1891. No text for this item |
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