British Cavalry 2nd Dragoons: The Queen’s Bays Arm Badge (WWI)
 
Rare British Cavalry 2nd Dragoons: The Queen’s Bays Arm Badge (WWI) for Sale in Fair Condition.
 
The 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. In the First World War (1914-18) the Bays formed a part of the original Expeditionary Force ('The Old Contemptibles') and were heavily engaged throughout the War in France and Flanders on the Western Front, fighting in all the major battles; the Retreat from Mons, Le Cateau, the battle of the Marne, Messines, Ypres, the Battle of the Somme, Cambrai, the Scarpe, and in the final victorious advance of 1918. Many honours were gained including the Retreat from Mons, Aisnes 1914, Armentieres 1914, Frezenburg, Bellewaarde, Flers-Courcelette, Arras 1917, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Rosiers, and Albert 1918. On the last day of the Great War (as it was then known), 11 November 1918, The Bays successfully chased off the German cavalry at Montigny-les-Lens. After service in the First World War, the Regiment was again retitled The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) in 1921. In 1935 the Bays lost their horses, after 250 years and became a mechanised regiment. They transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in 1939.
 
The Item is missing Top Lug.