It originated as the “Cavalry School Corps” on Dec. 21, 1883, and amalgamated with the Canadian “Mounted Rifle Corps” in June ...

Lance Corporal George Rankeillor, from the 1st Royal Dragoons, died aged just 20 after his unit came under heavy artillery fire on the outskirts of the French town of Arras in April 1917.

The Crimean War included the famous battles of Sebastapol and Balaclava, where the 1st Royal Dragoons took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade.