2nd County of London Yeomanry Westminster Dragoons | |
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Active | 1779–1783 1794–1829 1901–present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Yeomanry (First World War) Royal Armoured Corps (Second World War) Army Reserve cavalry |
Role | Light cavalry |
Size | Three Regiments (First World War) One Regiment (Second World War) One Squadron |
Part of | Royal Yeomanry |
Garrison/HQ | 1 Elverton Street, Westminster (pre-1914–1980) Fulham House, Fulham, London |
Nickname(s) | Piccadilly Peacocks |
Motto(s) | Fear Naught |
March | The Westminster Dragoon |
Mascot(s) | The Gallipolian Cormorant |
Anniversaries | Jerusalem, Normandy |
Engagements | First World War Iraq 2003 (as part of the Royal Yeomanry) |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Major Mike Crofts |
Honorary colonel | Lieutenant-General Sir Simon Mayall |
Second-in-command | Captain Luke Griffiths |
Notable commanders | Colonel Charles Rosedew Burn Maj Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden |
Insignia | |
Squadron stable belt | |
Regimental tactical recognition flash |
The Westminster Dragoons (WDs) was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army Army Reserve, located in central London. Its lineage is continued by one of the Royal Yeomanry's six squadrons. Formed in the aftermath of Second Boer War as part of the County of London Yeomanry, the WDs fought in the Battle of Gallipoli and led British forces onto the beaches during the Normandy Invasion in 1944. The squadron most recently saw action in Operation Telic for which it was mobilised for the 2003 war in Iraq.