Scots Greys

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The Scots Greys were a famed British heavy cavalry regiment of the line, renowned for their distinctive grey horses and notable service in major battles such as Waterloo and the Crimean War.

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Scots Greys canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cavalry regiment ⓘ
heavy cavalry regiment ⓘ
allegiance Crown of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: crown of Scotland

Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
amalgamatedIn 1971 ⓘ
battleHonour Balaclava ⓘ
Blenheim ⓘ
El Alamein ⓘ
Malplaquet ⓘ
Oudenarde ⓘ
Ramillies ⓘ
Sevastopol ⓘ
Somme ⓘ
linked to: Somme River

Waterloo ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Boer War ⓘ
linked to: Boer Wars

Crimean War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
equipment carbine ⓘ
lance ⓘ
sabre ⓘ
formedAs Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons ⓘ
garrison Scotland ⓘ
hasNickname Royal Scots Greys ⓘ
Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) ⓘ
Second Dragoons ⓘ
mergedInto Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ⓘ
motto Nemo me impune lacessit ⓘ
Second to None ⓘ
notableCommander James Balfour ⓘ
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton ⓘ
notableFor charge at the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
service in the Crimean War ⓘ
service in the First World War ⓘ
service in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
service in the Second World War ⓘ
use of grey horses ⓘ
raisedBy King Charles II of England and Scotland ⓘ
raisedIn Scotland ⓘ
regimentalColour grey ⓘ
successorUnit Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ⓘ
tradition maintaining grey horses for the regiment ⓘ
typeOfCavalry heavy cavalry ⓘ

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