1st Dragoon Guards

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

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
  • Regimental History
  • Military Genealogy database