Royal Dragoon Guards

The Royal Dragoon Guards
Regimental badge
Active1 August 1992 – present
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeLine cavalry
RoleArmoured cavalry
SizeOne regiment
Part ofRoyal Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQRHQ: York
Regiment: Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster
Motto(s)Quis Separabit
"Who shall separate us"
MarchQuick – Fare Thee Well Inniskilling
Slow – 4th Dragoon Guards (first two themes) + 7th Dragoon Guards (first theme)
Anniversaries17 March – St Patrick's Day
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefPrince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Regimental ColonelBrigadier J. S. A. Carr-Smith
Notable
commanders
Lt Gen Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart
Lt Gen The Lord Baden-Powell
Maj Gen Patrick Cordingly
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
TartanUlster (pipes)
Arm Badge4/7 Dragoon Guards flash
From 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
AbbreviationRDG

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: The 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. Based in Battlesbury Barracks, Wiltshire, the regiment currently serves as the armoured cavalry reconnaissance unit of 20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team. Previously equipped with the Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicle, it started converting to the Warrior tracked armoured vehicle in 2022.[1]

  1. ^ "This week the Regiment has begun its conversion to Warrior". Twitter. Retrieved 15 July 2022.