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== External Links ==
 
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_King's_Dragoon_Guards 1st King's Dragoon Guards] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/China-War-1860-115.php In China 1860] www.qdg.org.uk
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Revision as of 18:01, 16 July 2009

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
  • 1751 renamed the 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

2nd China War

External Links

1st King's Dragoon Guards Wikipedia

[http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/China-War-1860-115.php In China 1860
www.qdg.org.uk 1st Dragoon Guards] British Empire website