Historical Record of the Third, Or the King's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons. Cannon Richard
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This Regiment was disbanded after the Peace of 1674.
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This appears to be the first introduction of
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State Paper Office.
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The first issue of carbines to the regular Horse appears to have taken place in 1684; the Life Guards, however, carried carbines from their formation in 1660. —
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National Records.
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The equipment of Hussars at this period is described by D'Auvergne, in his
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The Third, ranked as Second Dragoons; the Fourth as Third; and the Second as Fourth; until the peace of Utrecht, when the claim of the Greys to precedence was submitted to a board of general officers and admitted. —
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Major Wood rose to the rank of lieut. – general. See a memoir of this distinguished officer in the record of the third dragoon guards.
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The account of the services of the regiment in Ireland has been taken from the Official Records – London Gazettes – Accounts published by authority in 1690, and 1691 – State of Europe – Story's History of the War in Ireland – Harris' Life of King William III. – and Boyer's Life of King William III.
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D'Auvergne's History of the Campaign in Flanders.
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Colonel Lloyd being sick at Brussels and the Lieutenant-Colonel on leave of absence.