The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot Régiment de Dragons the regiment charged down the

the regiment charged down the slope to support the Union Brigade of medium cavalry

when they amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers

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

they were renamed The Royal North British Dragoons (North Britain then being the envisaged common name for Scotland)

The 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot Régiment de Dragons the regiment charged down theThe 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot The history of the regiments began in 1688 when the inhabitants of Enniskillen took up arms in defense of their island town against the threat of occupation by the forces of catholic James II. The spelling of the towns name is derived from the Irish Inis Ceithleann (Ceithlenn's island) which has been anglicised many times over the centuries with Inniskilling the spelling at the time the two regiments were