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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.
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1959: 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards: 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards: 3 3rd (Prince Of Wales's) Dragoon Guards: 1685 [10] 1922: 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards: Royal Scots Dragoon Guards: 4 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards: 1685 [11] 1922: 4th/7th Dragoon Guards: Royal Dragoon Guards: 5 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards: 1685 [12] 1922 ...
Captain Hornby of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards is reputed to have been the first British soldier to kill a German soldier, using his sword, and Corporal Edward Thomas of the same regiment is reputed to have fired the first British shot shortly after 06:30 on 22 August 1914, near the Belgian village of Casteau.
The cavalry regiments of the line were numbered in three separate sequences; 1st through 4th Horse, then 1st through 3rd Dragoon Guards, then 1st through 14th Dragoons. "Dragoon Guards" was a new title, and did not denote a Guards' role; it was adopted by the three senior horse regiments in 1746, when George II reduced them to the status of ...
3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards; 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards; 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards; 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards; 1st (Royal) Dragoons; 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 3rd (King's Own) Hussars; 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars; 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers; 6th ...
18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1803-1814; 19th (1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot - 1 Battalion; 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1799-1802; 21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1804-1816; 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions in 1814
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.