The Eighth Army was a field army of the British Army during the Second World War, created to better control the growing Allied forces based in Egypt and to direct their efforts to lift the siege of Tobruk via Operation Crusader.. Initially formed as the Western Army on 10 September 1941, in Egypt, Renamed the Army of the Nile, Finally the Eighth Army on 26 September. Directed Allied forces ...
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards British Army Including (Reflecting historic name changes) ==== 1st King's Dragoon Guards ==== 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards ==== The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) ==== 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) ( Badge above left ) 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry , the regiment recr...
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