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 NERFINISHED
associatedWith Wales NERFINISHED
battleHonoursInclude Afghanistan 2006–2014
Gulf War 1991 NERFINISHED
Iraq 2003
branch British Army
ceremonialRole state ceremonial duties in the United Kingdom
colonelInChief King Charles III NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
dateFormed 1959
equipment Coyote tactical support vehicle NERFINISHED
Jackal armoured vehicle NERFINISHED
light armoured vehicles
formedByAmalgamationOf 1st King's Dragoon Guards NERFINISHED
2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) NERFINISHED
garrison Robertson Barracks, Swanton Morley NERFINISHED
garrisonCountry England NERFINISHED
hasAbbreviation QDG NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
partOf Royal Armoured Corps NERFINISHED
predecessorUnitBattleHonoursInclude Balaklava NERFINISHED
El Alamein NERFINISHED
Somme 1916 NERFINISHED
Waterloo NERFINISHED
recruitingArea Wales NERFINISHED
the English border counties
regimentalMarch Radetzky March NERFINISHED
Rusty Buckles NERFINISHED
regimentalMuseumLocation Cardiff Castle NERFINISHED
role armoured reconnaissance
light cavalry
servedInConflict Bosnian War NERFINISHED
Kosovo War NERFINISHED
Northern Ireland Troubles NERFINISHED
Operation Granby NERFINISHED
Operation Telic NERFINISHED
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014) NERFINISHED
type line cavalry
uniformFacingColour green

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