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Badge | |
Nicknames | |
The Trades Union The KDGs Bland's Horse |
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Motto | |
Honi soit qui mal y pense Evil be to him who evil thinks |
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Regimental Marches | |
The Radetsky March (Quick) J. Strauss |
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The King's Dragoon Guards (Slow) Mercadante |
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Regimental Anniversary | |
Waterloo Day 18th June | |
Depot | |
Dunbar | |
Colonels | |
1746 - 1959 | |
Lieutenant Colonels | |
1746 - 1959 | |
Soldiers | |
1746 - 1959 | |
Uniforms | |
1746 - 1959 | |
Battle Honours | |
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Predecessor Units | |
The Queen's Regiment of Horse (1685 - 1714) The King's Own Regiment of Horse (1714 - 1746) |
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Successor Units | |
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (1959 - ) |
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Suggested Reading | |
A History of the King's Dragoon Guards, 1938 - 1945 by McCouquodale, Hutchings and Woozley (Regiment: 1950) A Short History of the King's Dragoon Guards, 1685 - 1929 (Gale & Polden: 1929) Historical Records of the First or King's Regiment of Dragoon Guards, 1685 to 1836 (London: Clowes: 1837) |
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Regimental Museum | |
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, South Glamorgan |
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