Dragoons & the Liberation of North West Europe

Dragoons & the Liberation of North West Europe interactive map

April 15th, 2022 is the 77th anniversary of the Liberation of Leeuwarden. To commemorate this event, Project ‘44 has made a story map covering the last 30 days of combat for the Dragoons as they helped to Liberate NW Europe. The individual squadron movements were recreated from the RCD’s own maps in their war diary.

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Birthday of LCol John Beswick

Dragoons' vehicle with the regimental flag held out the window

On March 22nd, Tpr Marengere and I were given the opportunity to travel to Perth, to honour a WW2 veteran. This incredible man is Lt Colonel John Beswick, retired. We…

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Ex SABOT DRAGOON – B Sqn

Nighttime Live-Fire Exercise

Ex SABOT DRAGOON took place from the 15th to the 19th of October 2020, during which time B Squadron supported 60 and 9TAC as they completed their level 2 and…

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Ex CHARGING WOLVERINE

LAV Dressed As OPFOR AFVs

On a cold November morning, B Squadron deployed to the field again to be OPFOR for Exercise CHARGING WOLVERINE. The exercise was designed to test deploying troops for their battlefield…

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