Royal Dragoon Guards
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United Kingdom
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| Paderborn , Germany
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| Brigadier Clendon Douglas Daukes
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| Fare Thee Well Inniskilling 4th Dragoon Guards (first two themes) + 7th Dragoon Guards (first theme)
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The Royal Dragoon Guards is an armoured regiment of the British Army . It was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments:
Because of its lineage through the 5th Royal Iniskillings and the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards -- the 4th had been known as the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and the 7th also had Irish ancestry -- the RDG is thus Northern Ireland's cavalry regiment.
The Regiment was based in Paderborn , Germany when it was formed, and was part of 20 Armoured Brigade. In 1996 it returned to the United Kingdom , being based at Tidworth . The regiment currently serves in the armoured role, equipped with Challenger 2 . It returned to Germany in 2000 , being based in Münster as part of 4 Armoured Brigade.
The Regiment currently recruits soldiers from Northern Ireland and Yorkshire.
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Order of Precedence
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