7th Dragoon Guards, (Princess Royal's).
The 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards was a Cavalry Regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1688 as Lord Cavendish's Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as the 7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards for Princess Charlotte in 1788. It saw service for two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, to form the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards in 1922. From Wikipedia with my thanks.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 134 recorded deaths for the 7th Dragoon Guards, (Princess Royal's).
Baird,
William Frank Gardiner.
Captain.
4th Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment,
On Attachment To :-
Lincolnshire Regiment.
Formerly :-
7th Dragoon Guards,
(Princess Royal's).
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery,
Pas-de-Calais, France.
05-11-1914.
Age 29.
Son of Sir William Baird, Bart. & The Honourable Lady Baird of Saughton Hall, Midlothian, UK. Husband of Violet Mary Baird of Wareside, Ware, Hertfordshire, UK.
(He was born on the 18th of April 1885, was educated at Eton and Sandhurst and served for a time in the 7th Dragoon Guards and Scots Guards, afterwards retiring from active service and joining the reserve list as 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Bedfords. William was gazetted a Captain in the Bedfordshire Regiment on the 11th of August 1914 and went to the front attached to the 1st Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Captain Baird was wounded in an attack on Neuve Chapelle on October the 27th or 28th and died on the 5th of November in hospital at Boulogne, where he lies today).
From the website :- www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/biographies/officersdiedother.html with my thanks.
William Frank Gardiner.
Captain.
4th Battalion,
Bedfordshire Regiment,
On Attachment To :-
Lincolnshire Regiment.
Formerly :-
7th Dragoon Guards,
(Princess Royal's).
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery,
Pas-de-Calais, France.
05-11-1914.
Age 29.
Son of Sir William Baird, Bart. & The Honourable Lady Baird of Saughton Hall, Midlothian, UK. Husband of Violet Mary Baird of Wareside, Ware, Hertfordshire, UK.
(He was born on the 18th of April 1885, was educated at Eton and Sandhurst and served for a time in the 7th Dragoon Guards and Scots Guards, afterwards retiring from active service and joining the reserve list as 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Bedfords. William was gazetted a Captain in the Bedfordshire Regiment on the 11th of August 1914 and went to the front attached to the 1st Battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Captain Baird was wounded in an attack on Neuve Chapelle on October the 27th or 28th and died on the 5th of November in hospital at Boulogne, where he lies today).
From the website :- www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/biographies/officersdiedother.html with my thanks.