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*'''1751''' renamed the '''1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards'''
*'''1751''' renamed the '''1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards'''
*'''1921''' became 1st King's Dragoon Guards
*'''1921''' became 1st King's Dragoon Guards
*'''1959''' amalgamated with The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)  to become 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
*'''1959''' amalgamated with The Queen's Bays ([[2nd Dragoon Guards]])  to become 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards


== Service in British India ==
== Service in British India ==
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016052339/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/DG1kdg.htm 1st King's Dragoon Guards] ''www.regiments.org''<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016052339/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/DG1kdg.htm 1st King's Dragoon Guards] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071107112520/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/dg1.htm deployments] ''www.regiments.org''<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_King's_Dragoon_Guards 1st King's Dragoon Guards] ''Wikipedia''.<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_King's_Dragoon_Guards 1st King's Dragoon Guards] ''Wikipedia''.<br>
[http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/1857-to-1858-106.php History 1857-58] ''1st Dragoon Guards''.<br>
*[http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/1857-to-1858-106.php History 1857-58] ''1st Dragoon Guards''.<br>
[http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/China-War-1860-115.php In China 1860] ''1st Dragoon Guards''.<br>
*[http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/China-War-1860-115.php In China 1860] ''1st Dragoon Guards''.<br>
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/1kdg.htm 1st Dragoon Guards 1746-1959] ''British Empire website''.
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/1kdg.htm 1st Dragoon Guards 1746-1959] ''British Empire website''.
*Details of the book [http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-royal-dragoons-1661-1934.html ''History Of The Royal Dragoons 1661-1934''] by C T Atkinson, a reprint from Naval and Military Press,  first  published 1934. Available to buy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845748077 FIBIS Shop]
*[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk/the-royal-welsh.html Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier] covers the 1st Dragoon Guards, [[2nd Dragoon Guards]] or The Queen’s Bays, [[23rd Regiment of Foot|23rd]], [[24th Regiment of Foot|24th]] , [[41st Regiment of Foot|41st]] and [[69th Regiment of Foot|69th Regiments of Foot]]
**[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk/1st-the-queen-s-dragoon-guards.html Regimental History]
**[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk/military-genealogy.html Military Genealogy database]


[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]

Revision as of 06:22, 7 December 2011

Chronology

  • 1685 raised by Lt Gen Sir John Lanier as Lanier's or 2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse
  • 1714 renamed The King's Own Regiment of Horse
  • 1746 became The King's Dragoon Guards ranked 1st
  • 1751 renamed the 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards
  • 1921 became 1st King's Dragoon Guards
  • 1959 amalgamated with The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) to become 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

Service in British India

External Links