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  • Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2
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  • The Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2 () was a Prussian cavalry regiment. Formed in 1717 as Dragoner-Regiment Nr.5 Bayreuth Dragoner it was originally a dragoon regiment and was part of the Prussian order of battle until 1918. The Bayreuth Dragoons achieved fame for their role in winning the Battle of Hohenfriedberg in 1745. In 1819 it was transformed into a cuirassier regiment. Apart from short interruptions, the regimental garrison was Pasewalk in Western Pomerania from 1721 to 1919.
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Garrison
Branch
Role
  • Dragoon and Cuirassier regiment
Nickname
  • Bayreuth Dragoons
Type
Caption
  • Standard of Dragoner-Regiment Nr.5 Bayreuth Dragoner
Dates
  • 1717
Unit Name
  • Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" No. 2
  • Kürassier-Regiment "Königin" Nr. 2
notable commanders
  • Major Queen consort Louise
Disbanded
  • 1919
Battles
  • World War I
  • Seven Years' War
  • War of the Sixth Coalition
  • French Revolutionary Wars
  • • Northern France
  • • Waterloo
  • • Belgium
  • ''' • Colombey
  • '''Franco-Prussian war
  • Austro-Prussian war
  • Second Schleswig War
  • War of Austrian Succession • Mollwitz
  • • Chotusitz
  • • Flanders
  • • Gravelotte
  • • Hohenfriedberg
  • • Jena-Auerstedt
  • • Königgrätz
  • • Ligny
  • • Polesia
  • • Prague
  • • Siege of Metz
  • • Siege of Pirna
decorations
  • Diploma by Frederick the Great
March
Size
  • 10
abstract
  • The Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" (Pomeranian) No. 2 () was a Prussian cavalry regiment. Formed in 1717 as Dragoner-Regiment Nr.5 Bayreuth Dragoner it was originally a dragoon regiment and was part of the Prussian order of battle until 1918. The Bayreuth Dragoons achieved fame for their role in winning the Battle of Hohenfriedberg in 1745. In 1819 it was transformed into a cuirassier regiment. Apart from short interruptions, the regimental garrison was Pasewalk in Western Pomerania from 1721 to 1919.