Queen's Dragoon Guards

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The Queen's Dragoon Guards is a cavalry regiment of the British Army known for its armoured reconnaissance role and long history of service in major conflicts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
cavalry regiment
allegiance British Crown
associatedWith Wales
battleHonoursInclude Afghanistan 2006–2014
Gulf War 1991
linked to: Gulf War

Iraq 2003
branch British Army
ceremonialRole state ceremonial duties in the United Kingdom
colonelInChief King Charles III
country United Kingdom
dateFormed 1959
equipment Coyote tactical support vehicle
Jackal armoured vehicle
light armoured vehicles
formedByAmalgamationOf 1st King's Dragoon Guards
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
garrison Robertson Barracks, Swanton Morley
garrisonCountry England
hasAbbreviation QDG
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.army.mod.uk
hasRegimentalBadge eagle within the Garter surmounted by a crown
motto Pro Rege et Patria
mottoLanguage Latin
mottoTranslation For King and Country
nickname The Welsh Cavalry
partOf Royal Armoured Corps
predecessorUnitBattleHonoursInclude Balaklava
linked to: Balaclava, Crimea

El Alamein
Somme 1916
Waterloo
recruitingArea Wales
the English border counties
regimentalMarch Radetzky March
Rusty Buckles
regimentalMuseumLocation Cardiff Castle
role armoured reconnaissance
light cavalry
servedInConflict Bosnian War
Kosovo War
Northern Ireland Troubles
linked to: The Troubles

Operation Granby
Operation Telic
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)
type line cavalry
uniformFacingColour green

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Mark Phillips servedIn Queen's Dragoon Guards
British Army Cavalry hasComponent Queen's Dragoon Guards