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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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1st
The Queen's Dragoon Guards |
crest and tie
by A. Melville-Brown |
United
Kingdom
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1959.01.01 | 1st
The Queen's Dragoon Guards formed by amalgamation of 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, and The Queen’s Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) |
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Deployment and Service | |
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1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (Army site) | |
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1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (Regimental site) | |
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1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, by Glenvil Roberts | |
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A Detailed Regimental History (Army site) | |
| RHQ and Depot: | ||
| Home HQ: The Riding School, Shrewsbury (1961- ); Territorial House, Shrewsbury (1964?- ); Maindy Barracks, Cardiff (1987?-present) | ||
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| Recruiting Area: Wales, Shropshire, Herefordshire | ||
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[combined battle honours of 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, and The Queen’s Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)], plus: |
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Note: The first Standard was presented 2 Mar. 1959 by The Queen Mother | |
| Badges: | The Cypher of
Queen Caroline within the Garter. Commando dagger presented by RM for services to 3 Cdo Bde in Iraq 2003. |
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| 1959.01.01 | HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother | |
| 2003.07.01 | Lt-Gen. HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, AK, QSO, ADC | |
| 1959.01.01 | Brig. John Gerard Edward Tiarks [from 1st KDG] | |
| 1961.01.01 | Col. George William Charles Draffen, DSO | |
| 1964.01.01 | Col. Kenneth Edward Savill, DSO, DL | |
| 1968.07.01 | Brig. Anthony William Allen Llewellyn-Palmer, DSO | |
| 1975.11.01 | Gen. Sir Jack Wentworth Harman, GCB, OBE, MC, ADCGen [also Col. Cmdt. RAC; AG 1976-78] | |
| 1980.11.01 | Maj-Gen. Desmond Hind Garrett Rice, CVO, CBE | |
| 1986.07.01 | Lt-Gen. Sir Maurice Robert Johnston, KCB, OBE | |
| 1991.10.01 | Maj-Gen. Robert William Ward, CB, MBE | |
| 1997.08.01 | Col. John Ievers Pocock, MBE | |
| 2002.08.29 | Col. Christopher David MacKenzie-Beevor, CBE | |
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[no external sites have been found] | |
| Motto: | Pro rege et patria | |
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| Nicknames: | The Welsh Cavalry;
The Welsh Tankies Commandos Light Horse, for recce services to RM Commandos in Iraq 2003 |
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| Anniversaries: | Waterloo/Gazala (18 June) | |
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| Marches: | quick:
Regimental March of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (Radetsky March
+ Rusty Buckles, arr. by Bob Spencer) slow: "1st Dragoon Guards and 2nd Dragoon Guards Slow March" |
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| Miscellaneous Tradition Links: | ||
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1959-present | ||
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1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
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11th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
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1st Reconnaissance Regiment, CAC
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1st Special Service Battalion
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1995?-present | |
| Associated Yeomanry: | |||
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The Shropshire Yeomanry | 1959?-present | |
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The Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) | 1999?-present | |
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Pembroke Yeomanry | 1961-1967 | |
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HMS Monmouth | ||
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1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie | ||
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[no external sites have been found] | |
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Regimental Museum 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards, Cardiff (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Regimental Museum 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards, Cardiff (Simonides listing) | |
| Regimental Journal: | ||
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The regimental journal of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards : (the Welsh Cavalry). Annual. Northampton : Crest Publications, | |
| Full Histories: | ||
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Belfield, Eversley Michael Gallimore. The Queen's Dragoon Guards. London : Leo Cooper, 1978. (Famous regiments) ISBN: 0850522420 | |
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Mann, Michael. The regimental history of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards. Wilby, Norwich : The Dragoon Guards, 1993. ISBN: 085955189X | |
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