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The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) was a heavy cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1661 as the Tangier Horse. It served for three centuries and was in action during the First and the Second World Wars. It was amalgamated with the Royal Horse Guards to form The Blues and Royals in 1969.
1st The Royal Dragoons; Royal Scots Greys; 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons; 1st King's Dragoon Guards; 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 3rd Dragoon Guards; 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards; 5th Dragoon Guards; Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) 7th Dragoon Guards
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [60] George Milner: Brigadier-General: Lowland Mounted Brigade: 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [61] Noel Money: Brigadier-General: 159th (Cheshire) Brigade: Shropshire Yeomanry [62] Colquhoun Morrison: Brigadier-General: General Staff: 1st (Royal) Dragoons [63] Richard Mullens: Major-General: 1st Cavalry Division ...
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (RHG/D) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. The Colonel of the Regiment is Anne, Princess Royal . It is the second-most senior regiment in the British Army.
Grenfell was commissioned in the British Army in 1907 and eventually attached to the 1st (Royal) Dragoons in 1910. [3] He was initially sent out to India, where he enjoyed the big game hunting but found military service tedious and his fellow officers rather dull.
The Mobile Division was formed in November 1937, and renamed the 1st Armoured Division in April 1939. [2] [3] Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, doctrine called for such a division to be composed of two armoured brigades—each with three armoured regiments—and a support group.
The 1st King's Dragoon Guards was a armoured cavalry and dragoon guard regiment in the British Army. The regiment was raised by Sir John Lanier in 1685 as the 2nd Queen's Regiment of Horse, named in honour of Queen Mary, consort of King James II. It was renamed the 2nd King's Own Regiment of Horse in 1714 in honour of George I.
1st Guards Dragoons "Queen of Great Britain and Ireland" 21 February 1815: Berlin: Guards Corps: 2nd Guards Dragoons "Empress Alexandra of Russia" 1860: Berlin: Guards Corps: 1st (Lithuanian) Dragoons "Prince Albrecht of Prussia" 19 April 1717: Tilsit: I Army Corps: 2nd (1st Brandenburg) Dragoons: 24 April 1689: Schwedt/O. III Army Corps