2nd County of London Yeomanry Westminster Dragoons
Pre-2006 capbadge of the Westminster Dragoons (other ranks)
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
Gallipoli 1915
Egypt 1915–17
Palestine 1917–18
France and Flanders 1918
Second World War
North-West Europe 1944–45
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
Military unit
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 on Operation Telic for which it was mobilised for the 2003 war in Iraq.
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