Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I uru te ope ki te Pakanga o Boyne i te Hurae 1690 me te Pakanga o Aughrim i te Hurae 1691 i te wa o te Pakanga Williamite i Ireland. I whawhai ano hoki i te Pakanga o Blenheim i Akuhata 1704, te Pakanga o Ramillies i Mei 1706, te Pakanga o Oudenarde i Hurae 1708 me te Pakanga o Malplaquet i Hepetema 1709 i te Pakanga o te Whanaketanga Paniora. I whakaingoatia te rārangi hei 2nd King's Own Regiment of Horse i te tau 1714 hei whakanui i a George I. I kite anō i te pakanga i Dettingen
I te Pipiri o te tau 1743 i te wā o te Pakanga o te Whanaungatanga o Austria. I hurihia te ingoa o te ope taua ki te 1st King's Dragoon Guards i te tau 1751. I whakaekehia e te reimana he whakapae tino nui i whakaorangia ai te ope taua i te Pakanga o Corbach i te Hurae 1760, ana ka whakaekehia tetahi atu whakapae rongonui i te Pakanga o Warburg i muri mai i taua marama i te Pakanga o nga Tau e whitu. I whakaekehia ano e te reimana te paanga kino i te Pakanga o Waterloo i te Pipiri 1815 i nga Pakanga Napoleonic.