The 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was first raised in 1685 by the Earl of Peterborough as the Earl of...
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of Horse in response to the Monmouth Rebellion) and the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) (raised in 1685 by the Earl of Peterborough as Peterborough's...
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the regiment amalgamated with the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) in 1959 to form the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards. The regiment was raised by Sir John...
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redesignated 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) (1872); redesignated The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) (1921); amalgamated to form 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards...
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seven Dragoon Guards regiments were the 1st King's Dragoon Guards, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), 3rd Dragoon Guards, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, 5th...
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Robert Blair (VC) (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers)
years old, and a lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), British Army, attached to 9th Lancers (The Queen's Royal) during the Indian Mutiny...
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Charles Craufurd (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers)
lieutenant in 1781, he was raised to the rank of captain in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) in 1785. He became the equerry and intimate friend of the...
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Regiment (United States), also known as the 2nd Dragoons 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 2nd Regiment (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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Charles Anderson (VC) (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) soldiers)
forces. Anderson was about 32 years old, and a private in the 2nd Queen's Dragoon Guards during the Indian Mutiny when the action for which he and Thomas...
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Thomas Monaghan (VC) (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) soldiers)
Monmouthshire. At 25 years of age, Monaghan was a trumpeter in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), British Army during the Indian Mutiny No. 1158. Trumpeter...
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Nevill Smyth (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers)
Military College, Sandhurst, in 1888. He was posted to the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) in India as a second lieutenant on 22 August 1888. In 1890...
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King's Dragoon Guards -1959 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) -1922 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) 1746-1922 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards -1922...
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Life Guards 2nd Life Guards Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) 1st King's Dragoon Guards 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards...
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also became colonel of the 4th Troop of Horse Guards and a privy councillor. For the help he gave the Queen persuading the Parliament of Scotland to support...
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George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers)
gay. Sackville started as a captain in the 7th Horse (later the 6th Dragoon Guards). In 1740, he transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot as...
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Dick Mitchison, Baron Mitchison (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers)
barrister (called to the bar in 1917) and King's Counsel. He served with the Queen's Bays in the First World War, attaining the rank of Major and gaining the Croix...
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Royal Horse Artillery A, B, and I Batterys 2nd Cavalry Brigade 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade...
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William John English (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) soldiers)
was commissioned in the Royal Army Service Corps in 1906 from the 2nd Dragoon Guards. He later achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel. He saw action in...
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2007. "1685 to 1899 - A Short History of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards". 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards. Archived from the original on 2018-07-23. Retrieved...
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P. C. Wren (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) soldiers)
as well as enlisting briefly as a cavalry trooper in the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards). Wren worked as a boarding school teacher for a few years...
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Charles Edward Beckett (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers)
the 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, the 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars and the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), which he also commanded. He...
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19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars and 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars respectively. William Robertson, 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, who rose...
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George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers)
Earl with a bullet in the groin. Townshend became colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards in July 1773. In 1779 Richard Edwards, Governor of Newfoundland and...
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Maurice Robert Johnston (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers)
General Staff from 1968 to 1971 and commanding officer the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, 1971 to 1973, before promotion to brigadier, and command of the...
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home for cavalry regiments in 1793. It became the home to the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) and it was from this regiment that the barracks derived its...
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George Draffen (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers)
Second World War. Draffen was confirmed as a lieutenant in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) on 20 December 1920. He became the commanding officer of his...
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13th Hussars The Bangers – 1st Life Guards Barrell's Blues – 4th Foot The Bays – 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) The Beavers – 100th (Prince of Wales's...
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Nottinghamshire, in 1645 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), known as the Queen's Regiment of Dragoon Guards, formed in 1685 Queen's Regiment of Foot, a previous...
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Alexander Young (VC) (category 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) soldiers)
Commonwealth forces. A native of Oranmore, County Galway, Young joined the Queen's Bays on 22 May 1890 at Renmore. He served for a time in India, becoming a...
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Harman, GCB OBE MC 2 November 1978 - 9 April 1981 British Army 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 2 November 1978 1 April 1980 1 April 1980 9 April 1981 11...
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