Royal Dragoons

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The Royal Dragoons was a historic British Army cavalry regiment, renowned for its service in major European conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Royal Dragoons canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Household Cavalry regiment ⓘ
cavalry regiment ⓘ
allegiance Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
alsoKnownAs 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons ⓘ
1st Royal Dragoons ⓘ
The Royals ⓘ
battleHonour Balaklava ⓘ
Blenheim ⓘ
Dettingen ⓘ
Malplaquet ⓘ
Oudenarde ⓘ
Ramillies ⓘ
Waterloo ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
capBadgeFeature royal crest ⓘ
conflict Crimean War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
conversionPeriod Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
convertedTo armoured regiment ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1969 ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Royal Dragoons ⓘ
Royal Horse Guards ⓘ
formedFrom The Tangier Horse ⓘ
garrison Windsor ⓘ
inception 1661 ⓘ
mergedInto Blues and Royals ⓘ
militaryUnitType heavy cavalry ⓘ
motto Spectemur Agendo ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation Let us be judged by our actions ⓘ
notableAction captured French 105th Regiment eagle at Waterloo ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
partOf Household Cavalry ⓘ
role armoured reconnaissance ⓘ
servedInTheatre North Africa ⓘ
North-West Europe ⓘ
linked to: Northwest Europe

Western Front ⓘ
tradition Household Cavalry ceremonial duties ⓘ
uniformColour blue ⓘ

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

Blues and Royals → formedByMergerOf → Royal Dragoons ⓘ
subject linked to: Royal Dragoons