Gulf Home – Firing Line Museum of The Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh

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- 1st QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS

Remembering Operation Granby, 1990-1991

In 1990, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards were called to action, deploying to the Persian Gulf to take part in the liberation of Kuwait, on Operation Granby. Here they remained until the Spring of 1991.
Thirty years on, with insights from veterans, we look back on that campaign.

Build up and Beginnings
Learn more about the origins of the conflict of the Gulf War and how it started

A Chronology of Events
Learn more about the history of the events that transpired during the Gulf War

Ceasefire & Aftermath
Discover what happened after the War and what this meant for both sides

1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG)

1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1959 by an amalgamation of the King's Dragoon Guards and the Queen's Bays. QDG is the senior Regiment of the Line in the British Army, and is known as 'The Welsh Cavalry' as it recruits from Wales and the Border Counties. For most of its existence, QDG has operated in a reconnaissance role.

In 1990 and 1991, QDG personnel deployed to the Middle East to take part in the 1st Gulf War.

Funded By Firing Line Museum & Army Museums Ogilby Trust (AMOT)

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