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Known as '''The Queen's Bays'''== Chronology ==*'''1685''' 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*'''1746''' renamed The Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards*'''1751''' became the '''2nd (The Queen's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards'''*'''1767''' became 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)*'''1921''' retitled The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)*'''1959''' amalgamated with the [[1st Dragoon Guards|1st King's Dragoon Guards]] to become 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards ==Service in British India==*'''1857-59''' The [[Indian Mutiny]]*'''1885''' [[Sialkot]]*'''1893''' [[Rawalpindi]]*'''1895''' Egypt*'''1920''' [[Sialkot]] ==Regimental histories==*''A History of the Queen's Bays (the 2nd Dragoon Guards), 1685-1929'' by Frederic Whyte and A. Hilliard Atteridge, 1930. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095776*''A History of the Queen's Bays (the 2nd Dragoon Guards), 1929-1945'' by W. R. Beddington 1954. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01001095777 == External Links ==*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016052345/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/DG2bays.htm The Queen's Bays] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071016143619/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/dg2.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived website.<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Dragoon_Guards_(Queen's_Bays) 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_The_Queen%27s_Dragoon_Guards 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards] Wikipedia<br> *[https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/queens-bays-2nd-dragoon-guards The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)] National Army Museum.*[http://www.qdg.org.uk/pages/1857-to-1858-106.php History 1857-58] www.qdg.org.uk*[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier] covers [[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/history.php History]**[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk/military-genealogy.php Military Genealogy] ===Historical books online===*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA298 "Abstract from the Annual Medical Report of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, from 1st January to 31st December, 1862] by Surgeon Massy, page 298 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books [[Category:British ArmyCavalry Regiments]]
