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== Service in British India ==
== Service in British India ==
[[:Category:2nd China War 1856-60|2nd China War]]
*[[Indian Mutiny]] 1857
*[[:Category:2nd China War 1856-60|2nd China War]] 1860
*Bangalore 1860
*Secunderabad 1864
*Meerut 1882
*Rawalpindi 1885
*Ambala 1907
*Lucknow 1913
*Afghanistan 1919
*Secunderabad 1935
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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>

Revision as of 17:55, 18 July 2009

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
  • 1751 renamed the 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

  • Indian Mutiny 1857
  • 2nd China War 1860
  • Bangalore 1860
  • Secunderabad 1864
  • Meerut 1882
  • Rawalpindi 1885
  • Ambala 1907
  • Lucknow 1913
  • Afghanistan 1919
  • Secunderabad 1935

External Links

1st King's Dragoon Guards Wikipedia.
History 1857-58 1st Dragoon Guards.
In China 1860 1st Dragoon Guards.
1st Dragoon Guards 1746-1959 British Empire website.