1st Dragoon Guards: Difference between revisions

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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

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
- Regimental History
- Military Genealogy database

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 *[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 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]]