2nd Royal North British Regiment of Dragoons (Scots Greys) Girl on a Bicycle and went to the Peninsular

and went to the Peninsular and was mentioned in despatches for acts of gallantry at the battles of Albuera

near Waterloo

To quote Robert Pirsig - 'we keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives'

Their next deployment was in Portugal in July 1808 for service in the Peninsular War

unlike many of the other less experienced regiments they held firm

2nd Royal North British Regiment of Dragoons (Scots Greys) Girl on a Bicycle and went to the Peninsular2nd Royal North British Regiment of Dragoons (Scots Greys) Waterloo 1815 Formed in 1678, when three independent troops of Scots Dragoons were raised. In 1681, these troops were regimented to form The Royal Regiment of Scots Dragoons, numbered the 4th Dragoons in 1694. Mounted on grey horses, they were already being referred to as the Grey Dragoons. In 1707, they were renamed The Royal North British Dragoons (North Britain then being the envisaged