Introduction

Up to 1838 The 1st (or) Kings Dragoon Guards had campaigned no further afield than Southern or Northern Europe and then only for a brief periods. In 1837 trouble flared up among the French in Canada and the Government had become so worried by these risings that a detachment of Regular Cavalry was despatched to reinforce the Infantry there and in 1838 three Squadrons of the 1st (or) Kings Dragoon Guards, accompanied by 270 horses, and the 7th Hussars disembarked at Quebec.

There is not a great deal of printed information available for the Kings Dragoon Guards tour duty in Crimea. However, what information we have is drawn up from the Digest of Services. Written letters, and Regimental Histories dated 1854 to 1857. I have, however, managed to locate an archive that gives information on which Troops some of the Officers and Other Ranks served in. Unfortunately, in later years this archive was left uncompleted. Those records that I have found are…

Step into the pages of military history with this detailed and authoritative reference on the men who served in one of the British Army’s most storied cavalry units during the Anglo-Zulu War. This book offers an in-depth look at the service records, ranks, honors, and campaign history of the 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards from 1878 to 1880, meticulously compiled from official sources.

This book is about the Officers and Men of the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards who fought in the China War of 1860 also known as the Second Opium War. Some of these soldiers were also engaged previously in the Crimean War 1854-56. In 1860 the Kings Dragoon Guards were stationed at Bangalore in the Madras Presidency.