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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| - 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
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Branch
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Role
| - Dragoon and Cuirassier regiment
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Caption
| - Standard of Dragoner-Regiment Nr.5 Bayreuth Dragoner
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Unit Name
| - Cuirassier Regiment "Queen" No. 2
- Kürassier-Regiment "Königin" Nr. 2
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notable commanders
| - Major Queen consort Louise
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Disbanded
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Battles
| - World War I
- Seven Years' War
- War of the Sixth Coalition
- French Revolutionary Wars
- • Northern France
- • Waterloo
- • Belgium
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• 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
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decorations
| - Diploma by Frederick the Great
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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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