First raised 1698 by Pierce Butler, 3rd Viscount Galmoy, who had fought with the Jacobites in Ireland, from the remains of regiments Charlemont and the Queen of England's foot dragoons. One battalion strong.
Service:
[Good account with much detail on the regiment's service here: http://indigo.ie/~wildgees/galmoy/gal_art1.htm with interesting reference to casualties who ended up in Les Invalides.]
1701 Army of Italy: combat of Carpi; battle of Chiari (heavy casualties)
1702 Defence of Cremona (a heroic defence); Santa Vittoria; battle of Luzzara
1703 Army of the Rhine: siege of Alt Breisach; siege and surrender of Landau; battle of Speyerbach
1704 Italy; storm of Genivolta
1705 Battle of Cassano (heavy losses); Castiglione
1706 Calcinato; siege and battle of Turin
1707 Army of the Rhine; defence of the Lines of Stollhofen
1708 Spain; actions at Tortosa,Valentia and Alecante
1709 Army of Dauphiné, Flanders; battle of Malplaquet
1710 Army of Flanders
1712 Sieges and capture of Douai, Le Quesnoy and Bouchain
1713 Army of Roussillon
1714 Siege and capture of Barcelona
Disbanded 30th January 1715; men transferred to Irish regiment Dillon
And this was the uniform in the War of the Spanish Succession:
