1st King’s Dragoon Guards in training

The first part of 1916 was spent almost entirely in officers and men attending courses on various subjects including bombing, grenades, signalling, Hotchkiss gun, sniping and anti-gas.

The regiment also supplied many officers and horses to other regiments and supplied working parties.

In March, Reggie takes command of the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards for 2 months until Lt.Col. H.J. Williams returns