2nd Dragoon Guards

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Known as The Queen's Bays

Chronology

  • 1682 raised as the Earl of Peterborough's Regiment of Horse and ranked as the 3rd Regiment of Horse
  • 1688 renamed Villiers' Horse
  • 1715 renamed The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Horse
  • 1727 renamed The Queen's Own Regiment of Horse
  • 1747 became the 2nd Queens Regiment of Dragoon Guards (The Bays)
  • 1767 became 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
  • 1921 retitled The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
  • 1959 amalgamated with the 1st King's Dragoon Guards to become 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards

Service in India and China

The first period of service (1857-59) was caused by the outbreak of theIndian Mutiny. The second was during the 2nd China War 1856-60. They were in India again from 1885-94.

External Links

2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) Wikipedia
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Wikipedia
History 1857-58 www.qdg.org.uk

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