The Royal Dragoon Guards
Royal Dragoon Guards Cap Badge
Active:	1 August 1992-
Country:	United Kingdom
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Branch:	Army
Type:	Line Cavalry
Role:	Armoured
Size:	One regiment
Command structure:	Royal Armoured Corps
Current commander:
Garrison/HQ:	Paderborn, Germany
Colonel-in-Chief:	HRH The Prince of Wales
Colonel of the Regiment:	Brigadier Clendon Douglas Daukes
Nickname:
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Motto:
Colors:
Tactical Recognition Flash:
March:	Quick - Fare Thee Well Inniskilling Slow - 4th Dragoon Guards (first two themes) + 7th Dragoon Guards (first theme)
Mascot:
Notable battles or wars:
Notable commanders:
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The Royal Dragoon Guards is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments: Image File history File links Royal_Dragoon_Guards. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. ... Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. ... The Prince of Wales The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor) (born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... A battle honour is an official acknowledgement to recognize a military units achievements in specific wars or operations. ... Alternative meanings: vehicle armour, Armor (novel) A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ... A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a group of battalions, usually four and commanded by a colonel. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

• 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
• 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

Because of its lineage through the 5th Royal Iniskillings and the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards -- the 4th had been known as the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and the 7th also had Irish ancestry -- the RDG is thus Northern Ireland's cavalry regiment. The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1922 to 1992. ... The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. ... The 4th Irish Dragoon Guards version of Is this the way to Amarillo video ... Kircholm, a 1925 painting by Wojciech Kossak. ...

The Regiment was based in Paderborn, Germany when it was formed, and was part of 20 Armoured Brigade. In 1996 it returned to the United Kingdom, being based at Tidworth. The regiment currently serves in the armoured role, equipped with Challenger 2. It returned to Germany in 2000, being based in Münster as part of 4 Armoured Brigade. Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Tidworth is a small garrison town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. ... The British FV4034 Challenger 2 is the main battle tank currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Town Hall in the Prinzipalmarkt Münster: the Prinzipalmarkt St Pauls Cathedral, Münster Münster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

The Regiment currently recruits soldiers from Northern Ireland and Yorkshire.

Other information

• Colonel-in-Chief: HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales
• Deputy Colonel-in-Chief: HRH Princess Katharine, Duchess of Kent
• Deputy-Deputy Colonel-in-Chief: Christopher Meare
• Freedoms: City of York
• Marches:
  • Quick: Fare Thee Well Inniskkiling
  • Slow: 4th and 7th Dragoon Guards combined
• Alliances:
  • 3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australia Mounted Rifles (1992-present)
  • 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse -- Australia (1992-present)
  • The British Colombia Dragoons -- Canada (1992-present)
  • The Fort Garry Horse -- Canada (1992-present)
  • The Deccan Horse -- India (1992-?)
  • Waikato/Wellington East Coast Squadron, RNZAC -- New Zealand (1992-1993)
  • Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles -- New Zealand -- (1993-?)
  • 15th Lancers (Baloch) -- Pakistan (1992-?)
• Associated Yeomanry:
  • The Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) (1992-present)
  • North Irish Horse (1992-present)
  • The Queen's Own Yorkshire Yeomanry (1992-present)

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