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Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) - Cranston Fine Arts Regiment Art


Name : Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)



Started : 1969
Ended : (Current)




Notes :
Created in 1969 by the amalgamation of the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) and the Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons).

Regimental Historical Text : Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)

Previously :

Royal_Horse_Guards_(The_Blues)
Royal_Dragoons_(1st_Dragoons)

Subsequently :
No subsequent form

Artwork of this regiment

Battle for Wireless Ridge, Falklands, 13th June 1982 by David Pentland.

Battle for Wireless Ridge, Falklands, 13th June 1982 by David Pentland.
7 editions.
£2.50 - £2900.00



Previous Regiment Lineage(s) :
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Sir_Arthur_Haselrig's_Regiment_of_Cuirassiers (1650 - 1661)
Earl_of_Oxford's_Regiment_of_Horse (1661 - 1688)
Duke_of_Berwick's_Regiment_of_Horse (1688 - 1688)
Duke_of_Hamilton's_Regiment_of_Horse (1688 - 1688)
Earl_of_Oxford's_Regiment_of_Horse (1688 - 1703)
Duke_of_Northumberland's_Regiment_of_Horse (1703 - 1712)
Earl_Rivers's_Regiment_of_Horse (1712 - 1712)
Earl_of_Peterborough's_Regiment_of_Horse (1712 - 1715)
Duke_of_Argyll's_Regiment_of_Horse (1717 - 1717)
Marquess_of_Winchester's_Regiment_of_Horse (1717 - 1735)
Duke_of_Argyll's_Regiment_of_Horse (1735 - 1740)
Earl_of_Hertford's_Regiment_of_Horse (1740 - 1742)
Duke_of_Argyll's_Regiment_of_Horse (1742 - 1742)
Duke_of_Somerset's_Regiment_of_Horse (1742 - 1750)
Duke_of_Richmond's_Regiment_of_Horse (1750 - 1751)
Royal_Horse_Guards_Blue (1751 - 1877)
Royal_Horse_Guards_(The_Blues) (1877 - 1969)

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Tangier_Horse (1661 - 1674)
1st_Dragoons (1674 - 1679)
King's_Own_Royal_Regiment_of_Dragoons (1683 - 1690)
Royal_Regiment_of_Dragoons (1690 - 1751)
1st_(Royal)_Regiment_of_Dragoons (1751 - 1877)
1st_(Royal)_Dragoons (1877 - 1921)
1st_Royal_Dragoons (1921 - 1961)
Royal_Dragoons_(1st_Dragoons) (1961 - 1969)

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Text for the above items :

Battle for Wireless Ridge, Falklands, 13th June 1982 by David Pentland.

Captain Fields 2 Scimitar and 2 Scorpion light tanks of 3 Troop The Blues and Royals along with the Milan platoon, provide vital covering fire for 2 Paras assault on the North Spur Wireless Ridge (Apple Pie) Following lessons learned at Goose Green additional support was available from artillery, mortars, machine guns and even HMS Ambuscade. Despite the attack being conducted at night, with frequent snow flurries, and minefields, all the objectives were taken, and at first light the road to Port Stanley lay open and unopposed.

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