| Dates | Locations | Higher Formation | Remarks |
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1959.01.01
| Formed by amalgamation of 1st The King's Dragoon Guards, and The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) | | |
| 1959.01 | England: Perham Down | | |
| | 2 Mar 59: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mothers, presented the new Standard | | |
| 1959.03 | Germany: Northampton Barracks, Wolfenbüttel | 1 Corps Troops | Recce |
| 1964.12 | Northern Ireland: Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh | 3 Division | Recce |
| Feb - Aug 65: Borneo, west area of Sarawak (B Sqn + flight of QDG helicopters) | | |
| Aug 65 - Feb 66: Borneo, west area of Sarawak (C Sqn + flight of QDG helicopters) | | |
| | Jul 66: ‘A’ Squadron moved to Sharjah in the Persian Gulf | | |
| 1966.09 | Aden: Mareth Lines, Falaise Camp, Little Aden (One Squadron on rotation in Sharjah) | | |
| 1967.07 | England: Knook Camp, Warminster | | |
| 1967.11 | Germany: Lothian Barracks, Detmold | 20 Armoured Brigade | |
| 1971.01 | England: Cambrai Barracks, Catterick (A Sqn to Smuts Barracks, Berlin as Berlin Armoured Sqn) | | |
| 1973.01 | Germany: Haig Barracks, Hohne | 7 Armoured Brigade | |
| Feb - Jun 74: Northern Ireland: Londonderry | | |
| Jan - May 76: Northern Ireland: Armagh | | |
| | Jan 77: Haig Barracks, Hohne | 1 Armoured Division | |
| 1979.01 | Germany: Campbell Barracks, Hohne | 1 Armoured Division | |
| 1980.11 | Northern Ireland: Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh | | |
| 1982.11 | England: Carver Barracks, Wimbish | 19 Inf Brigade | Recce Regiment |
| Feb - Aug 83: Lebanon: Beirut (C Sqn) | MNF (BRITFORLEB) | |
| | Aug - Dec 83: Lebanon: Beirut (A Sqn) | MNF (BRITFORLEB) | |
| 1987.01 | Germany: Northampton Barracks,Wolfenbüttel | 1 Armoured Division | Recce Regiment |
| | Oct 90 - 1991: Gulf: A Sqn attached 16/5th Lancers | | |
| 1991.05 | England: Assaye Bks, Tidworth: C Sqn recce element of AMF (L) | | Recce Regiment |
| 1992.09 | Germany: Athlone Barracks, Sennelager | 20 Armoured Brigade | |
| Jun - Dec 96: Bosnia | | |
| | 1998: Northern Ireland | | |
| 1998.01 | England: Cambrai Barracks, Catterick | 19 Mech Brigade | Tank Regiment |
| Aug 99 - Feb 00: Kosovo: | | Recce Regiment |
| Oct 00 - Apr 01: Bosnia: Op Palatine ('C' Squadron) | | |
| Apr - Oct 01: Bosnia: Op Palatine ('A' Squadron) | | |
| Apr - Jun 01: England: Op PENINSULA (The Foot and Mouth disease outbreak) | | |
| Jan - Mar 03: Persian Gulf: 1 Armoured Division | | |
| | Mar - May 03: Iraq: 1 Armoured Division | | |
| 2003.09 | Germany: Imphal Barracks, Osnabruck: | | |
| Nov 04 - Apr 05: Iraq - Op Telic 5: | | |
| | May - Oct 06: Iraq - Op Telic 8: | | |
| 2007.11 | Germany: Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager | | |
| Oct 08 - Apr 09: Afghanistan: Op Herrick 9 | | |
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