Difference between revisions of "1st Dragoon Guards"

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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

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 *[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''.
-*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 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]