Light Dragoons

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:British_Army_officer
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:The_Royal_Canadian_Hussars_(Montreal)
gptkb:The_Royal_New_Zealand_Armoured_Corps
gptkb:8th/13th_Victorian_Mounted_Rifles_(Australia)
gptkb:The_Governor_General's_Horse_Guards_(Canada)
gptkb:The_Light_Horse_Regiment_(South_Africa)
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Waterloo
gptkb:island
gptkb:Somme
gptkb:El_Alamein
gptkb:Balaklava
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:equipment Jackal armoured vehicle
gptkbp:formed 1992
gptkbp:formedByMergerOf 13th/18th Royal Hussars
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Catterick_Garrison
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Catterick_Garrison
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Light Dragoons
gptkbp:motto Vigilant
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Light_Dragoons
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Bosnia
gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:Kosovo
gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
gptkbp:regimentalColonel gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Sir_Adrian_Bradshaw
gptkbp:regimentalInsignia Crested eagle with scroll 'Vigilant'
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:Bonnie_Dundee
gptkb:Keel_Row
gptkb:The_Galloping_Major
gptkb:My_Boy_Willie
gptkb:Light_Barque
gptkb:The_Light_Dragoons
gptkbp:regimentalMuseum gptkb:Discovery_Museum,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne
gptkbp:role Armoured Cavalry
gptkbp:website https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-armoured-corps/light-dragoons/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_William_Erskine
gptkb:Royal_Armoured_Corps
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6