Royal Horse Guards
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The Royal Horse Guards (RHG) was a Household Cavalry regiment of the British Army.
Founded in 1650 by Oliver Cromwell as the Regiment of Cuirassiers, the regiment became the Earl of Oxford's Regiment during the reign of King Charles II. As the regiment's uniform was blue in colour at the time, it was nicknamed "the Oxford Blues"; hence the Royal Horse Guards was also nicknamed the "Blues." In 1750 the regiment became Royal Horse Guards Blue and eventually, in 1877, the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues).
In 1918, the regiment served as the 3rd Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment. During the Second World War the regiment served as part of the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment.
The RHG was amalgamated with the Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) to form the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) in 1969.
[edit] See also
- Horse Guards Regiment, a titular regiment which consisted of several independent troops.
- Governor General's Horse Guards, the Household Cavalry of Canada.
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