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69: 460: 553: 29: 414: 84: 103: 719:: Beda Fomm, Defence of Tobruk, Tobruk 1941, Tobruk Sortie, Relief of Tobruk, Gazala, Bir Hacheim, Defence of Alamein Line, Alam el Halfa, El Agheila, Advance on Tripoli, Tebaga Gap, Point 201 (Roman Wall), El Hamma, Akarit, Tunis, North Africa 1941–43, Capture of Naples, Scafati Bridge, Monte Camino, Garigliano Crossing, Capture of Perugia, Arezzo, Gothic Line, Italy 1943–44, Athens, Greece 1944–45 54: 447:(Commander's Jubilee Medal for Foreigners) to celebrate his 60 years on the throne. Some of the 40 golden, 635 silver and 2000 bronze medals were awarded to officers and private soldiers in the regiment. The ceremonial helmet with the badge of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards which was given to Emperor Franz Joseph I on his appointment as colonel-in-chief is now on display at the 599:
claimed that the King's Dragoon Guards was the first British unit to reach Naples in 1943, and that many of its officers immediately went on a looting spree, cutting paintings from their frames in the prince's palace. The regiment later took part in the
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was warned to withdraw, but his answer was to send more troops to reinforce those at the wells and to move other Afghan units to various points on the frontier. The regiment was mobilised on 6 May and formed part of the
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in 1751. The regiment served as horse cavalry until 1937 when it was mechanised with light tanks. The regiment became part of the
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by a British horsed cavalry regiment as it was already apparent the old world would be giving way to mechanisation.
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A very distant view of the King's Dragoon Guards charging across open country in France in July 1915
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in November 1941. The regiment, then serving as the armoured car reconnaissance regiment of
541: 496: 426: 382: 374: 1208:. Regimental Museum of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Horse). Archived from 1177:. Regimental Museum of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Horse). Archived from 1151:. Regimental Museum of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Horse). Archived from 1125:. Regimental Museum of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Horse). Archived from 1043:. Regimental Museum of the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Horse). Archived from 2264: 2033: 2018: 1792: 1373: 565: 430: 402: 355: 102: 443:. On the occasion of his Diamond Jubilee on 2 December 1908, the Emperor instituted the 2093: 2073: 1499: 1450: 1299: 1152: 923: 865: 763: 520: 435: 394: 386: 272: 207: 154: 89: 2904: 2284: 2279: 741: 633: 2396: 2391: 2355: 2350: 2330: 2088: 1782: 1772: 1739: 1714: 1709: 1478: 820: 769: 512: 235: 195: 106: 1209: 1178: 1126: 1044: 1458: 814: 759: 656: 605: 537: 260: 231: 199: 556:
Two M3 half-tracks mounting 75mm guns of the King's Dragoon Guards, 7 May 1944.
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Lanarkshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire)
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in September 1943 against concentrated enemy opposition and were the first
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in 1751. The regiment made a desperate charge which saved the army at the
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1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)
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Franz Josef I in the uniform of a Colonel of the 1st Dragoon Guards
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Bland Dragoons, The KDGs, The Trades Union, The Kings Dancing Girls
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Suffolk Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)
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Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment)
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King Edward's Horse (The King's Own Overseas Dominion Regiment)
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Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
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in September 1916 but returned to India in October 1917.
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Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (South Nottinghamshire Hussars)
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in January 1947 before being deployed on home duties at
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in July 1760 and then made another famous charge at the
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Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier
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The regiment took part in all the major battles of the
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Royal East Kent Yeomanry (The Duke of Connaught's Own)
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Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own)
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became the cap-badge of the regiment, and it adopted
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1959
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Westminster Dragoons (2nd County of London Yeomanry)
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2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)
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Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)
1819: 1791: 1748: 1675: 1647: 1599: 1566: 1487: 1449: 1418: 1411: 1345:Österreichs Orden vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart 639:In 1956 the regiment was sent on active service in 511:until October 1918 when it exchanged stations with 171: 166: 148: 140: 132: 122: 112: 97: 46: 38: 21: 1629:5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 1326:Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy 2941:Military units and formations established in 1685 707:: Somme 1916, Morval, France and Flanders 1914–17 2265:3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards) 2029:Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment) 1561:British cavalry regiments of the First World War 738:– cavalry officer during the American Revolution 694:The regiment's battle honours were as follows: 2234:RAC armoured regiments of the Second World War 467:The regiment, which had been was stationed at 361:The regiment took part in the response to the 2931:Regiments of the British Army in World War II 2813:4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 2808:3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 2500:43rd (6th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) RTR 2218: 2064:3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 1874:Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) 1546: 1389: 1347:. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt Graz. 892:Francis Augustus Eliott, 2nd Baron Heathfield 647:: during this time the regiment took part in 8: 2926:1959 disestablishments in the United Kingdom 1290: 1288: 1286: 793:The Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary 471:in India at the start of the war, landed at 1844:Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) 632:in November 1951 and to Mcleod Barracks in 2244: 2225: 2211: 2203: 1735:19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars 1705:10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 1553: 1539: 1531: 1415: 1396: 1382: 1374: 1343:Stolzer, Johann; Steeb, Christian (1996). 1005:British cavalry during the First World War 994:1953–1959: Brig. John Gerard Edward Tiarks 931:Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart 678:The regimental collection is displayed at 27: 2336:13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Marys Own) 1859:Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry 827:The King's Own Regiment of Horse – (1714) 389:and the regiment saw action again at the 859:1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards – (1751) 604:in December 1943 and the advance to the 591:in early October 1943. The Welsh writer 445:Inhaber-Jubiläums-Medaille für Ausländer 2019:Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) 1095: 1093: 1035: 1033: 1031: 1029: 1027: 1025: 1023: 1021: 1019: 1015: 651:operations in both mounted operations ( 595:, in his celebrated account of life in 2054:City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 1773:17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers 1763:12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 1619:3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 1242: 1240: 1238: 1236: 991:1945–1953: Brig. Sidney Howes, DSO, MC 834:Richard Ingram, 5th Viscount of Irvine 429:of the regiment. At the same time the 18: 2946:Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps 2911:Cavalry regiments of the British Army 1864:Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) 1730:18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars 1639:7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards 1505:Cavalry regiments of the British Army 1200: 1198: 1196: 804:Regimental colonels were as follows: 507:The regiment remained in garrison at 7: 1591:Household Cavalry Composite Regiment 483:in November 1914 for service on the 238:, the regiment amalgamated with the 1909:Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry 988:, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO & Bar, KStJ 846:Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke 840:Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham 787:Colonels-in-Chief were as follows: 744:– author, antiquarian and swordsman 33:1st King's Dragoon Guards Cap Badge 2346:15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars 1979:Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars 1710:11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 972:1st King's Dragoon Guards – (1921) 449:Museum of Military History, Vienna 369:in August 1860 and the capture of 222:. The regiment attained the title 14: 2783:2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 2778:1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 2331:11th Hussars (Prince Alberts Own) 2260:2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 2084:East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry 1783:21st (Empress of India's) Lancers 1614:2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 1434:2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 750:– soldier, explorer, spiritualist 730:William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham 664:Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 513:21st (Empress of India's) Lancers 487:. The regiment saw action at the 279:, as part of the response to the 240:2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 176:Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria 1914:Pembroke Yeomanry (Castlemartin) 1884:Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 1700:8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars 1662:2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 1634:6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) 1624:4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 320:2nd King's Own Regiment of Horse 216:2nd King's Own Regiment of Horse 101: 82: 67: 52: 2275:5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 1994:Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 1298:. Regiments.org. Archived from 724:Notable members of the regiment 579:, landed at Salerno during the 334:. The regiment was renamed the 318:. The regiment was renamed the 286:The regiment saw action at the 2921:1685 establishments in England 2858:Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons 2593:108 (Lancashire Fusiliers) RAC 2321:8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 1984:Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry 1869:Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons 1405:1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 668:1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 530:1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade 332:War of the Austrian Succession 244:1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards 230:in 1939. After service in the 1: 2823:2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry 2818:1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry 2793:2nd Lothians and Border Horse 2788:1st Lothians and Border Horse 1944:Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 1929:Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars 1270:"Museum of the Welsh Soldier" 1067:"1st (King's) Dragoon Guards" 808:The Queen's Regiment of Horse 791:1896–1914: Field Marshal HIM 762:– a private who received the 662:The regiment merged with the 477:8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade 326:. It saw action again at the 316:War of the Spanish Succession 314:in September 1709 during the 269:2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse 204:2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse 198:. The regiment was raised by 16:British Army cavalry regiment 2803:2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2798:1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1250:. British Army units 1945 on 431:double-headed Austrian eagle 346:later that month during the 2014:Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry 1939:Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry 1758:9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 1667:6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 1609:1st (King's) Dragoon Guards 1296:"1st King's Dragoon Guards" 1248:"1st King's Dragoon Guards" 1087:Stolzer & Steeb, p. 274 958:James Robert Steadman Sayer 616:The regiment was posted to 602:Battle for Monte la Difensa 532:. It served throughout the 481:1st Indian Cavalry Division 393:in January 1881 during the 259:The regiment was raised by 2977: 2495:42nd (7th East Surrey) RTR 2306:3rd The King's Own Hussars 1974:Royal North Devon Yeomanry 1768:16th (The Queen's) Lancers 401:in spring 1901 during the 265:Lanier's Regiment of Horse 2961:George I of Great Britain 2868:Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 2653:144 (East Lancashire) RAC 2372:9th Queen's Royal Lancers 2255:1st King's Dragoon Guards 2079:Northamptonshire Yeomanry 2004:Lothians and Border Horse 1778:5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 1725:15th (The King's) Hussars 1695:7th (Queen's Own) Hussars 1690:4th (Queen's Own) Hussars 1426:1st King's Dragoon Guards 938:Thomas William Brotherton 922:1840–1851: Gen. Hon. Sir 620:in September 1945 and to 495:also in May 1915 and the 423:Franz Joseph I of Austria 336:1st King's Dragoon Guards 296:Williamite War in Ireland 224:1st King's Dragoon Guards 188:1st King's Dragoon Guards 161:The King's Dragoon Guards 26: 22:1st King's Dragoon Guards 2863:Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 2833:2nd East Riding Yeomanry 2828:1st East Riding Yeomanry 2341:14th/20th King's Hussars 2024:Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1999:Montgomeryshire Yeomanry 1964:Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry 1685:3rd (King's Own) Hussars 581:Allied invasion of Italy 385:in July 1879 during the 354:in June 1815 during the 330:in June 1743 during the 298:. It also fought at the 294:in July 1691 during the 2853:North Somerset Yeomanry 2773:2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry 2768:1st Derbyshire Yeomanry 2316:7th Queen's Own Hussars 2311:4th Queen's Own Hussars 2039:Glamorganshire Yeomanry 1879:North Somerset Yeomanry 977:1926–1940: Lt-Gen. Sir 956:1886–1908: Lt-Gen. Sir 365:in 1857 as well as the 2873:Staffordshire Yeomanry 2843:Inns of Court Regiment 2270:4th/7th Dragoon Guards 1989:West Somerset Yeomanry 1949:Hertfordshire Yeomanry 1894:Northumberland Hussars 1324:Lewis, Norman (2005). 1103:. The Long, Long Trail 965:William Vesey Brownlow 952:Henry Aitchison Hankey 587:unit into the city of 562:North African Campaign 557: 536:and saw action at the 534:Third Anglo-Afghan War 503:Third Anglo-Afghan War 493:Second Battle of Ypres 464: 421:In March 1896 Emperor 418: 2878:Warwickshire Yeomanry 2069:Bedfordshire Yeomanry 2049:Lincolnshire Yeomanry 1834:Warwickshire Yeomanry 1720:14th (King's) Hussars 984:1940–1945: Brig-Gen. 933:, GCB (Lord Greenock) 885:William Augustus Pitt 819:1692–1717: Gen. Hon. 770:James Lockhart Little 555: 462: 416: 391:Battle of Laing's Nek 322:in 1714 in honour of 310:in July 1708 and the 290:in July 1690 and the 271:, named in honour of 218:in 1714 in honour of 214:. It was renamed the 206:, named in honour of 172:Ceremonial chief 2588:107 (King's Own) RAC 2044:Welsh Horse Yeomanry 1904:Denbighshire Hussars 1889:Lanarkshire Yeomanry 1657:1st (Royal) Dragoons 1520:7th Infantry Brigade 1515:Royal Armoured Corps 1101:"The Dragoon Guards" 979:Charles James Briggs 963:1908–1926: Maj-Gen. 943:1868–1872: Gen. Sir 936:1859–1868: Gen. Sir 915:1827–1840: Gen. Sir 896:1813–1820: Gen. Sir 883:1796–1810: Gen. Sir 876:1779–1796: F.M. Sir 850:1743–1752: Gen. Sir 838:1721–1733: F.M. 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Index


England
Great Britain
United Kingdom

British Army
Cavalry
Royal Armoured Corps
Radetzky March
Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
cavalry regiment
British Army
Sir John Lanier
Queen Mary
James II
George I
Royal Armoured Corps
First World War
Second World War
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
Sir John Lanier
Queen Mary
James II
Monmouth Rebellion
Battle of the Boyne
Battle of Aughrim
Williamite War in Ireland
Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Ramillies

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