Royal Dragoon Guards

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The Royal Dragoon Guards
Royal Dragoon Guards Cap Badge
Active	1 August 1992-
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Line Cavalry
Role	Armoured
Size	One regiment
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	RHQ - York Regiment - Munster, Germany
March	Quick - Fare Thee Well Inniskilling Slow - 4th Dragoon Guards (first two themes) + 7th Dragoon Guards (first theme)
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	HRH The Prince of Wales, KG, GCB, KT
Colonel of the Regiment	Brigadier Clendon Douglas Daukes
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tartan	Ulster (pipes)
Abbreviation	RDG

The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments:

Because of its lineage through the 5th Royal Inniskillings 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 retains strong links to Northern Ireland.

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.

The regiment currently recruits soldiers from the North of England and Northern Ireland but predominately from Yorkshire.

1 Other information
2 Alliances
- 2.1 Affiliated Yeomanry
3 Order of Precedence
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Alliances

Australia - 3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australia Mounted Rifles)
Australia - 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse
Canada - The British Columbia Dragoons
Canada - The Fort Garry Horse
India - The Deccan Horse
New Zealand - Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles
Pakistan - 15th Lancers (Baloch)
Royal Navy - HMS Superb
Royal Navy - HMS Daring
Belgium - Régiment des Guides

[edit] Affiliated Yeomanry

The Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
The North Irish Horse
The Yorkshire Yeomanry

[edit] Order of Precedence

Preceded by: The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)	Cavalry Order of Precedence	Succeeded by: The Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish)