UNITS OF THE ZULU WAR 1879
Kings Dragoon Guards
After the disaster of the first invasion of Zululand reinforcements from Britain arrived including the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards. They were at nearly full strength numbering 649 men. The British had relied on locally raised cavalry units and the dragoons brought a bit if glamour to the mounted units. They had Betty flashy uniforms with gold lace and Austrian Knott work on the cuffs but they relied on infantry ammunition by pouches. They also had trouble adapting their British mounts to South Africa. They refused to eat the local grass. They also got some unglamorous duties such as burying the dead who still lay at Isandlwana and recovering the body of the French prince Imperial. They did however capture king cetshwayo after ulundi.
Dragoon standing guard at Isandlwana during the burial of the fallen who had stayed where they had fallen for four months
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