Westminster Dragoons

2nd County of London Yeomanry
Westminster Dragoons
Pre-2006 capbadge of the Westminster Dragoons (other ranks)
Active1779–1783
1794–1829
1901–present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeYeomanry (First World War)
Royal Armoured Corps (Second World War)
Army Reserve cavalry
RoleLight cavalry
SizeThree Regiments (First World War)
One Regiment (Second World War)
One Squadron
Part ofRoyal Yeomanry
Garrison/HQ1 Elverton Street, Westminster (pre-1914–1980)
Fulham House, Fulham, London
Nickname(s)Piccadilly Peacocks
Motto(s)Fear Naught
MarchThe Westminster Dragoon
Mascot(s)The Gallipolian Cormorant
AnniversariesJerusalem, Normandy
EngagementsFirst 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 commanderMajor Mike Crofts
Honorary colonelLieutenant-General Sir Simon Mayall
Second-in-commandCaptain 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

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 in Operation Telic for which it was mobilised for the 2003 war in Iraq.


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