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Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) - Cranston Fine Arts Regiment Art

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Royal Scots Greys - 3rd Carabiniers - 3rd Dragoon Guards - The Carabiniers


Name : Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
Started : 1971
Ended : (Current)




Notes :
Created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) and the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons).

Previously :

3rd_Carabiniers_(Prince_of_Wales's_Dragoon_Guards)
Royal_Scots_Greys_(2nd_Dragoons)

Subsequently :
No subsequent form

Artwork of this regiment

Thrown Tracks by David Rowlands.


Thrown Tracks by David Rowlands.
4 editions.
£65.00 - £500.00

The Road to Basra, Southern Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland.


The Road to Basra, Southern Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland.
5 of 6 editions available.
£2.20 - £500.00

Second to None by Malcolm Greensmith.


Second to None by Malcolm Greensmith.
3 editions.
£34.00 - £48.00


Royal Scots Dragoon Guards by Douglas Anderson.

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards by Douglas Anderson.
One edition.
£10.00

Army Challenger - Operation Desert Storm 1991 Gulf War by Terence Cuneo


Army Challenger - Operation Desert Storm 1991 Gulf War by Terence Cuneo
This single edition is sold out.
The edition features an additional signature.



Previous Regiment Lineage(s) :

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Earl_of_Plymouth's_Regiment_of_Horse (1685 - 1687)
Sir_John_Fenwick's_Regiment_of_Horse (1687 - 1688)
Earl_Rivers's_Regiment_of_Horse (1688 - 1693)
Lord_Berkeley's_Regiment_of_Horse (1693 - 1693)
Wood's_Regiment_of_Horse (1693 - 1712)
Viscount_Windsor's_Regiment_of_Horse (1712 - 1717)
Wade's_regiment_of_Horse (1717 - 1748)
Sir_Charles_Howard's_Regiment_of_Horse (1748 - 1751)
3rd_Regiment_of_Dragoon_Guards (1751 - 1765)
3rd_(Prince_of_Wales's)_Dragoon_Guards (1765 - 1921)
3rd_Dragoon_Guards_(Prince_of_Wales's) (1921 - 1922)
3rd/6th_Dragoon_Guards (1922 - 1928)
3rd_Carabiniers_(Prince_of_Wales's_Dragoon_Guards) (1928 - 1971)

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Queen_Dowager's_Regiment_of_Horse (1685 - 1692)
King's_Regiment_of_Carabiniers (1692 - 1740)
1st_Regiment_of_Carabiniers (1740 - 1756)
3rd_Regiment_of_Horse_(Carabiniers) (1756 - 1788)
6th_Regiment_of_Dragoon_Guards (1788 - 1826)
6th_Regiment_of_Dragoon_Guards_(Carabiniers) (1826 - 1922)
3rd/6th_Dragoon_Guards (1922 - 1928)
3rd_Carabiniers_(Prince_of_Wales's_Dragoon_Guards) (1928 - 1971)

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Royal_Regiment_of_Scots_Dragoons (1681 - 1694)
4th_Dragoons (1694 - 1707)
Royal_North_British_Dragoons (1707 - 1713)
2nd_Dragoons (1713 - 1877)
2nd_Dragoons_(Royal_Scots_Greys) (1877 - 1921)
Royal_Scots_Greys_(2nd_Dragoons) (1921 - 1971)

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Text for the above items :

Thrown Tracks by David Rowlands.

Between 27th March and 4th April 2003, C Squadron The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was attached to 40 Commando Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula, Iraq. Corporal Justin Simons was the squadrons recovery mechanic and Corporal James Garrett was the commander of the squadrons Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle - CRARRV. On 30th March, 2nd Troop C Squadron was supporting a Royal Marines clearance operation near Abu Al Khasib - Operation JAMES. A Challenger 2 tank became decisively engaged by the enemy, both its tracks were thrown and it was disabled beside the causeway. Corporal Garrett was tasked to recover it. As darkness fell and under attacks from rocket propelled grenades, small arms and mortar fire, Corporal Simons took charge of the recovery operation. He and Corporal John Morgan dismounted, while Corporal Garrett provided close protection by operating the machine-gun. The tank was successfully winched onto the road, but then became stranded in an even more difficult position. For six hours, in complete darkness, Corporals Simons and Morgan struggled to break both tracks conventionally before finally resorting to arc-welding equipment. Eventually Corporal Simons tried the unorthodox by organizing a CRARRV on CRARRV recovery, which succeeded in dragging the tank to safety, nine hours after it was disabled. Corporal Garrett and Corporal Simons were both Mentioned in Despatches for their leadership, calmness and disregard for their own safety.


The Road to Basra, Southern Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland.

Challenger II tanks of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and Warrior APCs of the Irish Guards, 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats supported overhead by US Marine Corps Cobras during their epic dawn attack to finally take and secure Basra.


Second to None by Malcolm Greensmith.

Showing the Scots Dragoon Guards modern Challenger tank in the Gulf War with the charge of the Greys at Waterloo above in the sky.


Royal Scots Dragoon Guards by Douglas Anderson.

No text for this item


Army Challenger - Operation Desert Storm 1991 Gulf War by Terence Cuneo

On 28th February 1991, the British 1st Armoured Division made their final advance in the Gulf War. Their destination was to be astride the Kuwait City-Basra highway, known as Objective COBALT. Their task was to cut off the remnants of the Iraqi Army as it fled from Kuwait, northwards. In the end, it had only taken 100 hours to rout the Iraqi Army, once the fourth largest in the world. The first British Forces despatched to the Gulf were Tornado aircraft deployed in early August, 1990. On 14th September 1990, Parliament announced the deployment of the 7th Armoured Brigade from its barracks in Germany. Two Regiments of Challenger tanks, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and The Queens Royal Irish Hussars as well as the 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, an armoured infantry regiment, were despatched. It soon became obvious that the Iraqis were not going to pull out of Kuwait and might have to be ejected by force. Parliament therefore sanctioned, on 22nd November 1990, the despatch of a further brigade from Germany, the 4th Armoured Brigade. Unlike the 7th Armoured Brigade, it only had one Challenger Regiment, the 14/20th Kings Hussars, but two armoured infantry regiments, the 15th Battalion, The Royal Scots and the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. To coordinate both brigades and their support and logistic assets in the field, the Headquarters of the 1st Armoured Division was also despatched, making the British deployment the largest the country has seen since the Second World War. The British 1st Armoured Division was deployed to the Gulf with some of the most sophisticated and up-to-date equipment seen on the modern battlefield. Central to this were the Challenger Mk. 3s and the Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles. Both were heavily modified for fighting in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, with primary importance being given to protection. The deployment of the Challengers and Warriors were augmented with 18 Lynx Mk.7s of 4 Regiment, the Army Air Corps. The Mk. 7 is a dedicated anti-tank helicopter armed with 8 TOW anti-tank missiles. The proposed use for these aircraft was to form a forward screen in front of the advancing brigades, thus giving warning of enemy units as well as engaging any detected enemy armour. By the beginning ofJanuary 1991, the British 1st Armoured Division was fully deployed in the Gulf. Not long after, it was redeployed tinder command of the VII(US) corps that was secretly moxing to an area some 300k in to the west. Even as the first air attacks were launched against the Iraqi forces, massive convoys were moving towards the Saudi town of Hafir-al-Batin. On 24th February, simultaneous assaults were launched along the whole of the Kuwait and Iraqi borders. The American Ist Infantry Division, The Big Red One, led the VII(US) Corps and by nightfall had cleared sixteen lanes through the Iraqi positions. So well did the advance go that the British 1st Armoured Division was launched some twelve hours earlier than had been expected. 7th Armoured Brigade preceded 4th and both were well clear of the break-in point and forming up within a matter of hours. During the next 95 hours, both brigades fought their way first northwards and then eastwards through one Iraqi position after another. The case with which they defeated the enemy, already badly mauled by six weeks of constant air bombardment and now subjected to murderous artillery fire, surprised even the most confident commanders. By the third day, 28th February, the Coalition Forces had encircled the occupying Iraqi Forces within Kuwait causing them to retreat northwards towards Basra. By this time, the Iraqis were offering no resistance. Such was their overwhelming defeat, that the Coalition Commanders advised the American President, George Bush, to suspend offensive combat operations. This he did, announcing a general ceasefire to take effect at midnight on 27/28th February 1991. The difference between American Eastern Standard Time and Greenwich Meantime was five hours. It was decided, therefore, that the British 1st Armoured Division would move with best speed to the Kuwait City-Basra Highway to finally close the noose around the fleeing Iraqi forces. The British objective was known as COBALT and lay some 70kin due cast. At fifteen minutes notice to move, both British brigades made one final dash to their last objective, some 30-odd kilometres north of Kuwait City itself. That last morning action will be remembered for a long time by those who were there and is the scene portrayed in Cuneos painting. Above them, the dense clouds of the burning oil and gas rigs blocked out the bright desert sun. As they approached their final objective, the remains of numerous Iraqi vehicles littered the desert. Most of them had been destroyed from the air. Iraqi T-69 tanks lay wrecked, their turrets blown off by the force of exploding ammunition. Preceded by the Lynx helicopters, the British knew they were nearing their objectives due to the lines of pylons that intersected the desert, now mostly with their cables dangling in the sand. Within two hours, COBALT was secured, ensuring the final Iraqi defeat.

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