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1st Queen's Dragoon Guards Cap Badge
This Sale is for the Cap Badge as worn by the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards Cavalry Regiment.
Rare brand new and unissued chromed metal Cap badge, approx. 38mm high, complete with it's mounted slider, and made by the London Badge & Button Co. Ltd.
Guaranteed new/unissued and in mint condition.
Brief History of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
His Imperial Majesty Franz Josef of Austria and Hungary
In 1896 Queen Victoria appointed His Imperial Majesty Franz Josef of Austria and Hungary as the Colonel-in-Chief of the KDG. Today 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards still wear the Hapsburg double headed eagle as its cap badge, which Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria allowed the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards to wear when he become their Colonel-in-Chief, and has adopted the Radetzky March by Strauss as the Regimental Quick March.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Their Colonel-in-Chief, presented the new Standard.
Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry, the Regiment recruits from Wales, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, and is the senior Cavalry Regiment, and therefore senior Cavalry Regiment of the Line.
The Regiment is part of the Royal Armoured Corps.
2nd Troop 'A' Sqn on the beach at Sharjah
The Regiment has spent much of its history based in Germany at various times. It served during the Aden Emergency and its Squadrons were dispersed throughout the Middle East through the 1960s.
In 1983 the Regiment was deployed to Lebanon in support of the allied Multinational Force, in 1990 ot was sent to the Middle East for the Gulf War and in 1996 it was deployed to Bosnia as part of NATO peacekeeping forces during the Yugoslav Wars.
Lebanon 1983
'A' Squadron Gulf War 1991
Bosnia 1996
The Queen Mother 1996
In 2003 the Regiment served in Iraq during the invasion of Iraq poviding the reconnaissance and light armour support necessary to allow 3 Commando Brigade's advance north to Basra.
C Squadron QDG was attached to 3 Commando Brigade, providing the reconnaissance and light armour support necessary to allow the Brigade's advance north to Al Basrah. Members of C Squadron won a variety of operational awards for their efforts on Op Telic 1, most ntably the Military Crosses awarded to Lieutenant Simon Farebrother and Major Henry Sugden.
IRAQ
The Regiment served in Afghanistan on Operation Herrick.
The Regiment completed its second tour of Afghanistan between October 2011 and April 2012 (Operation Herrick XV).
Perhaps the best known member in recent years was Captain Mark Phillips, one-time husband of Princess Anne.
In May 2012, there was speculation that the unit would become a victim of the defence budget cuts. As it was one of only three Regiments historically associated with and still largely recruits from Wales, there was much support from the Welsh public to keep the QDG. However, Ministry of Defense officials announced no such plan has been made.
As part of the Army 2020 plans, most units based in Germany will return to the UK and the QDG moved to Swanton Morley, Norfolk in June 2015.They have re-roled as "light cavalry", using Jackal vehicles.
The Regiment celebrated their fiftieth anniversary on 31 July 2009 with a ceremony at Cardiff castle and a parade through the streets of Cardiff city both attended by their Colonel-in-Chief The Prince of Wales. The Regiment received a great response from the people of Cardiff. That same year the unit was also awarded with the Freedom of the City of Swansea.
The Regiment operates in a Light Cavalry role and is now equpped with Jackal armoured fighting vehicles.
Uniform, cap and march
In 1896 Emporer Franz Joseph 1 of Austria was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards and allowed the Regiment to wear the Austrian Imperial Coat of Arns, which is still used as the Regiment's cap badge today. The collar badge is that of The Queen's Bays. Also the Regiment adopted an Austrian military march, Radetzky March, as quick march. The current Regimental March is Radetzky March and Rusty Buckles, the latter being the Regimental March of The Queen's Bays. Other items of uniform draw on the Regiment's dual heritage: thus whilst the cap of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards is worn trousers have the distinctive broad white stripe of The Queen's Bays. Full Dress is still worn by some on ceremonial ocassions: the 1st King's Dragoon Guards tunic (scarlet with blue velvet facings) being paired with Queen's Bays white-striped overalls. The KDG red-plumed cavalry helmet is also worn, together with pouch belts and other accoutrements.
Regimental Museum
Collection's relating to the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards are displayed at Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier.
Battle honours
- Combined battle honours of 1st King's Dragoon Guards, and 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). plus:
- Wadi al Batin, Gulf 1991
- 1971-1973 Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Johnston
- 1997-1999 Lieutenant Colonel Simon Mayall
- 1959: HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
- 2003: Lt-Gen. HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, AK, QSO, ADC
- 1959-1961: Brig. John Gerard Edward Tiarks
- 1961-1964: Col. George William Charles Draffen, DSO
- 1964-1968: Col. Kenneth Edward Savill, DSO, DL
- 1968-1975: Brig. Anthony William Allen Llewellyn-Palmer, DSO
- 1975-1980: Gen. Sir Jack Wentworth Harman, GCB, OBE, MC, ADCGen
- 1980-1986: Maj-Gen. Desmond Hind Garrett Rice, CVO, CBE
- 1986-1991: Lt-Gen. Sir Maurice Robert Johnston, KCB, OBE
- 1991-1997: Maj-Gen. Robert William Ward, CB, MBE
- 1997-2002: Col. John levers Pocock, MBE
- 2002-2007: Col. Christopher David MacKenzie-Beevor, CBE
- 2007-: Lt-Gen. Sir Simon Mayall, KBE, CB
- Canada - The Governor General's Horse Guards
- Australia - 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
- South Africa - 1 Special Service Battalion
- Pakistan - 11th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- Sri Lanka - 1st Reconnaissance Regiment
- Royal Navy - HMS Monmouth
Non-Commonwealth
- Austria - Panzergrenadierbataillon 35
- France - 1er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie
Affiliated Yeomanry
- The Shropshire Yeomanry
- The Cheshire Yeomanry (The Earl of Chester's)
Order of precedence
Preceded by The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) |
Cavalry Order of Precedence | Succeeded by The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) |
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | |
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Active | January 1, 1959 - |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Army |
Type | Line Cavalry |
Role | Light Cavalry |
Size | One Regiment |
Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
Garrison/HQ | RHQ - Cardiff Regiment - Robertson Barracks, Nr Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
Nickname | The Welsh Cavalry |
Motto | Pro rege et patria (For King and Country) (Latin) |
March | Quick - The Radetsky March and Rusty Buckles Slow - 1st Dragoon Guards and 2nd Dragoon Guards Slow March |
Engagements | Most notable Battle Honours are Blenheim, Waterloo, Tobruk and El Alamein. |
Commanders | |
Current commander |
Lieutenant Colonel J G E Stenhouse |
Colonel-in-Chief | HRH The Prince of Wales, KG, GCB, KT |
Colonel of the Regiment |
Lt General Simon Mayall CB |
Insignia | |
Tactical Recognition Flash | |
Arm Badge | Royal Cypher of Queen Caroline From the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) |
Abbreviation | QDG |
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