5th Dragoon Guards


Musician 1925


The 5th Dragoon Guards were in Bangalore, India from 1924, by which time they had amalgamated with the 6th Dragoons. The khaki-clad bandsman in this photo wears the 5th DG badge on his collar and the red hackle on the side of his Wolseley helmet. His 1912 pattern sword is attached to the saddle. There were probably no Inniskilling dragoons amongst the regimental band until they returned to the UK in 1928.


Regimental details | Drumhorses and Band


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by Stephen Luscombe