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The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) Scarlet uniform with blue facings, black plume. The Royal 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 ...
The 19th Alberta Dragoons recruited the 1st Divisional Cavalry Squadron, CEF, authorized on 10 August 1914, which embarked for Great Britain on 1 October 1914. The squadron was redesignated as A Squadron, Canadian Corps Cavalry Regiment, CEF, on 12 February 1916 and as A Squadron, Canadian Light Horse , CEF, on 21 February 1917.
0–9. 1st Regiment of Dragoons (King's German Legion) 1st The Royal Dragoons. 2nd Regiment of Dragoons (King's German Legion) 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. 22nd Dragoons. 25th Dragoons.
In the early hours of September 1, 1939, Hitler’s Panzers rolled across the Polish frontier thrusting The Royal Canadian Dragoons into another world war. The Regiment was placed on active service in September 1939 and sent one squadron in 1940 to the 1st Canadian Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized). Later, the Regiment was again reorganized as a motorcycle regiment.
Current. commander. Defunct. The 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1688 as Lord Cavendish's Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as the 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards for Princess Charlotte in 1788. It saw service for two centuries, including the First World War, before ...
At the outbreak of the Second World War, in September 1939, the regiment was in England, assigned to the 2nd Light Armoured Brigade (serving alongside the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and the 10th Royal Hussars) of the 1st Armoured Division. In May 1940, the Bays went to France and was heavily engaged on the Somme during the Battle of France.
Also shown is an inescutcheon with the Red Hand of Ulster referencing his baronetcy. Lieutenant General Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian GCB GCH PC PC (Ire) FRS (28 July 1775 – 20 August 1842), known as Sir Hussey Vivian from 1815 to 1828 and Sir Hussey Vivian, Bt, from 1828 to 1841, was a British cavalry leader from the Vivian family .
