Royal Dragoon Guards

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cavalry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Royal Dragoon Guards is a cavalry regiment of the British Army known for its armoured reconnaissance role and long lineage of historic dragoon and dragoon guards units.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cavalry regiment ⓘ regiment of the British Army ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
ceremonialHeadgear	beret ⓘ
corps	Royal Armoured Corps ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed	1992 ⓘ
equipmentType	armoured fighting vehicles ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	7th Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ surface form: 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards ⓘ
garrison	Catterick Garrison ⓘ
garrisonCountry	England ⓘ
garrisonCounty	North Yorkshire ⓘ
hasBattleHonoursFrom	Boer Wars ⓘ surface form: Boer War World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
hasCavalryHeritage	true ⓘ
hasColonelInChief	true ⓘ
hasLineageFrom	4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards ⓘ 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards ⓘ surface form: 5th Dragoon Guards 6th Inniskilling Dragoons ⓘ 7th Dragoon Guards ⓘ
hasRegimentalBand	true ⓘ
isRegularArmyUnit	true ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
nickname	RDG ⓘ
partOf	Royal Armoured Corps ⓘ
precededBy	7th Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ surface form: 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards ⓘ
recruitsFrom	Northern England ⓘ surface form: North of England Northern Ireland ⓘ Ireland ⓘ surface form: Republic of Ireland
role	armoured reconnaissance ⓘ cavalry ⓘ
size	one regiment ⓘ
tradition	dragoon ⓘ dragoon ⓘ surface form: dragoon guards
type	armoured cavalry ⓘ
uniformType	British Army No. 2 Service Dress ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Armoured Corps → includes → Royal Dragoon Guards ⓘ