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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
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1860 2nd China War
- 1860 Bangalore
- 1864 Secunderabad
- 1882 Meerut
- 1885 Rawalpindi
- 1907 Ambala
- 1913 Lucknow
- 1919 Afghanistan
- 1935 Secunderabad
External Links
- 1st King's Dragoon Guards including deployments www.regiments.org
- 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.
- Details of the book 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 FIBIS Shop
- Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier covers the 1st Dragoon Guards, 2nd Dragoon Guards or The Queen’s Bays, 23rd, 24th , 41st and 69th Regiments of Foot