7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards Miniature Drum

A beautifully detailed 1/5th scale hand made and hand painted miniature military drum of the 7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards and of museum quality.

This miniature drum is made at 1/5th scale and made from the same materials as the full size drum. It combines real vellum drum skins, separate hand painted drum hoops, leather rope tighteners, miniature hand made rope, wooden filials and brass snare hooks.

 

The 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1688 as Lord Cavendish's Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as the 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards for Princess Charlotte in 1788. It saw service for two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, to form the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards in 1922.

The regiment was first raised by William, Lord Cavendish as Lord Cavendish's Regiment of Horse in 1688 in the aftermath of the Monmouth Rebellion, by the regimenting of various independent troops, and was ranked as the 9th Horse from 1690. It fought at the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 during the Williamite War in Ireland. The regiment then took part in the Battle of Dottignies in July 1693 and, having been re-ranked as the 8th Horse from 1694, at the siege of Namur in July 1695 during the Nine Years' War.

It then fought at the Battle of Blenheim in August 1704, the Battle of Elixheim in July 1705, the Battle of Ramillies in May 1706 and the Battle of Malplaquet in September 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession

A charge by the regiment was decisive in defeating the French forces at the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743 before the regiment took part in a serious reverse at the Battle of Fontenoy in May 1745 during the War of the Austrian Successio. Four troops from the regiment fought on foot at the Clifton Moor Skirmishin December 1745 during the Jacobite rising.

In 1746 it was transferred to the Irish establishment, where it was ranked as the 4th Regiment of Horse, or the "Black Horse", in which capacity it next saw action at the Battle of Warburg in July 1760 during the Seven Years' War.

It transferred back to the British establishment in 1788 as the 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards for Princess Charlotte. A squadron led by Lieutenant-Colonel Mahon captured the town of Rathanganat the Battle of Rathangan in May 1798 during the Irish Rebellion

Depth: 3 in
Height: 3.8 in
Width: 3 in

Weight: 650 g

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