regiment is due to be re-subordinated to an unknown formation and be re-structured by June 2024. Operational role The regiment operates in a light cavalry role and is now equipped with Jackal 2 armoured fighting vehicles. Regimental museum The regimental collection is displayed at Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier in Cardiff. Uniform, cap badge and march In 1896, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards and allowed the regiment to wear the Austrian imperial coat of arms, which is still used as the regiment's cap badge today; the collar badge is that of The Queen's Bays. Also the regiment adopted an Austrian military march, Radetzky March, as quick march. The current Regimental March is the Radetzky March and Rusty Buckles, the latter being the Regimental March of The Queen's Bays. Other items of uniform draw on the regiment's dual heritage: thus, whilst the cap of 1st King's Dragoon Guards (with dark blue velvet strip and piping) is worn, trousers have the distinctive broad white stripe of The Queen's Bays. Full dress is still worn by some on ceremonial occasions: the 1st King's Dragoon Guards tunic (scarlet with blue velvet facings) being paired with Queen's Bays white-striped overalls. The KDG red-plumed brass cavalry helmet is also worn, together with pouch belts and other accoutrements. In the QDG lance corporals wear two chevrons, corporals wear two chevrons surmounted by a rank badge consisting of the Bay's emblem, which is worn by all senior NCOs. Squadron quartermaster sergeants wear four chevrons with rank badge, the whole surmounted by a crown. Battle honours Combined battle honours of 1st King's Dragoon Guards, and 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), plus: Wadi al-Batin, Gulf 1991 Commanding officers The Commanding Officers have been: 1959–1960: Lt.-Col. H C Selby 1960–1962: Lt.-Col. Jack W. Harman 1962–1964: Lt.-Col. Peter R. Body 1964–1967: Lt.-Col. Thomas W. Muir 1967–1969: Lt.-Col. George N. Powell 1969–1971: Lt.-Col. John H. Lidsey 1971–1973: Lt.-Col. Maurice R. Johnston 1973–1975: Lt.-Col. Robin C. Middleton 1975–1977: Lt.-Col. Robert W. Ward 1977–1980: Lt.-Col. John I. Pocock 1980–1982: Lt.-Col. Charles H. Bond 1982–1985: Lt.-Col. J. Gordon G. de P. Ferguson 1985–1987: Lt.-Col. Eric J. K. O’Brien 1987–1990: Lt.-Col. Michael G. Boissard 1990–1992: Lt.-Col. Christopher Mackenzie-Beevor 1992–1994: Lt.-Col. Mark R. M. Eliot 1994–1997: Lt.-Col. Hamish L. A. Macdonald 1997–1999: Lt.-Col. Simon V. Mayall 1999–2001: Lt.-Col. Patrick J. Andrews 2001–2003: Lt.-Col. Gilbert