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1 King's Dragoon Guards
King's Dragoon Guards

Unit Histories

From To Type Notes
04-Aug-1914 04-Aug-1914 Active at Lucknow
11-Nov-1918 11-Nov-1918 Active in India
01-Jan-1921 01-Jan-1921 Renamed Redesignated 1st King's Dragoon Guards from 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards
15-Jun-1937 ? 15-Jun-1937 ? Reorganised Mechanised with light tanks from cavalry
15-Apr-1939 ? 15-Apr-1939 ? Event Regiment became part of Royal Armoured Corps
03-Sep-1939 03-Sep-1939 Active in the United Kingdom
27-Jan-1941 17-Feb-1941 Dispersed B Squadron detached to 11 Hussars for operations with 4 Armoured Brigade.
03-May-1941 03-May-1941 Dispersed Regiment evacuated from Tobruk. C Squadron remained in Tobruk under command 3 Armoured Brigade.
20-Dec-1942 20-Dec-1942 Other Corps/Army Troops under 8th Army.
31-Aug-1945 31-Aug-1945 Active in Palestine
Number of Records Returned: 10
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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