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**[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk/1st-the-queen-s-dragoon-guards.html Regimental History] | **[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk/1st-the-queen-s-dragoon-guards.html Regimental History] | ||
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*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000927 1977 interview with Kenneth Edward Savill], British officer served with 1st King's Dragoon Guards in India and GB, 1937-1939 Reel 3…Recollections of period as officer with 1st King's Dragoon Guards in India and GB, 1936-1939: reasons for transfer to horsed unit in India, 1936. Imperial War Museums | |||
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Revision as of 12:00, 4 July 2013
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
In 1884 due to the return of the 13th Hussars to England, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 22 privates transferred to the 1st King's Dragoon Guards [1]
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.
- 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
- Listen to the 1977 interview with Kenneth Edward Savill, British officer served with 1st King's Dragoon Guards in India and GB, 1937-1939 Reel 3…Recollections of period as officer with 1st King's Dragoon Guards in India and GB, 1936-1939: reasons for transfer to horsed unit in India, 1936. Imperial War Museums
References
- ↑ The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884 pinetreeweb.com