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Audio Edition  ·  Book One

The 1st (or) Kings Dragoon Guards
Service in the Crimea and Turkey

This book presents the historical service record of the 1st King's Dragoon Guards during the Crimea and Turkey campaign from 1854 to 1857.

• It covers the regiment's formation, deployment, troop movements, battles, illness, medals, and daily military duties.

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The Origin of the Regiment
Formation · History · Legacy
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The Regiment was raised on the 6th of June 1685,
titled as the Queen's Regiment of Horse,
during the brief but stormy reign of James II,
to help suppress the uprising led by the Duke of Monmouth.
They came under the Colonelcy of Sir John Lamier
by a commission dated 6th of June 1685.
It was to consist of nine Troops.
The men were recruited from the best yeomen or best serving men
having active and nimble bodies with good spirits.
The regiment was soon recruited and stationed near London.
They arrived in the West Country too late for the Battle of Sedgemoor,
so were given the honour of escorting Monmouth back to London.
In 1746 Regiments of Horse were downgraded to Dragoon Guards.
After 273 years of service, the King's Dragoon Guards
were amalgamated with the 2nd Dragoon Guards in 1959
to form the present day regiment, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards.
The combined regiment has carried on the joint traditions
seeing action in Borneo, Aden, Northern Ireland, Bosnia,
Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
The regiment for many years remained essentially a family regiment,
where son often succeeds father in the service of the crown.
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The Crimea Campaign
Deployment · Battle · Disease
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There is not a great deal of printed information
available for the regiment's tour of duty in the Crimea.
However, what information we have drawn from the Digest of Services,
written letters and Regimental Histories, 1854 to 1857.
The regiment was warned off for service in the Crimea in 1855
and in July embarked at Liverpool,
arriving at Balaclava with a strength of 373 Officers and Other Ranks with 268 horses.
The regiment was encamped on arrival in the Crimea at Kadikoi,
but within ten days was moved further inland owing to an outbreak of cholera.
One wing of the regiment under Major Briggs
was present at the Battle of the Tchernaya.
In September 1855, the regiment received the Crimean War Medal,
described by one Colonel as a vulgar-looking thing with a clasp like Gin Labels.
During the 1st week of November, the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards,
along with the rest of the cavalry, embarked on troopships
to go into winter quarters at Scutari.
The regiment lost men mostly through disease during the campaign,
with a number sent to recuperate in the better climate of the Bosporus.
Ill health seemed to affect the Headquarters Officers
more than those with the Service Troops.
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Troop Movements & Records
Ireland · Scotland · Balaklava
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27th March 1854 — Ireland.
A Squadron under the command of Captain Nisbett,
consisting of F and A Troops, marched from Newbridge to Dublin.
Captain Paynter's E Troop marched from Newbridge to Dublin,
arriving on the same day.
20th June — A and F Troops embarked at the North Wall
en route to Newcastle upon Tyne.
July 1854 — Station Scotland.
The King's Dragoon Guards had left Ireland
and were stationed in Piershill Barracks in Edinburgh.
While in Edinburgh, the regiment was attacked by a virulent form of cowpox.
15th September — Paraded in review order
to escort Her Majesty Queen Victoria from Holyrood to St Margaret's Station.
May 1855 — The regiment was warned for service in the Crimea.
In July they embarked at Liverpool on the transports Arabia, Himalaya, and Resolute,
arriving at Balaclava in August.
5th July 1855 — 1st Division under the command of Major Briggs
embarked at Liverpool on board the Arabia.
28th August 1855 — The remainder of the regiment
under Lieutenant Pearson arrived at Balaklava on board the Resolute.
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Sound in Space
Acoustics · Reverb · Environment
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The Future of Audio
Digital · Spatial · AI
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Audio Edition  ·  Book Two

Naked
Words

This book explores the emotional weight of deep thoughts, inner pain, and self-reflection through poetic expression.

• It shows how writing becomes a way to understand sorrow, carry unseen burdens, and give shape to feelings that are difficult to explain.

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The Burden
Weight · Introspection · Being
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I carry an insurmountable weight,
one that is not placed upon me,
but born within me.
It presses against the fabric of my being,
weaving light and shadow
through the tapestry of relentless introspection.
An echo beyond the limits of time,
stretching back to my earliest memories,
whispering questions before I knew their names.
Depth is my nature, my inheritance, my path.
I do not seek it, it seeks me.
I analyze, I unravel, I try to understand
not only the world, but the way I move through it,
layered in sensation, thought, and meaning.
I seek solace in trembling words,
a refuge, a sanctuary, a fleeting reprieve.
Yet, even as I pour myself onto the page,
it presses against my skin from within.
Time drifts forward, indifferent,
yet the integrity of the weight remains.
Not just as burden,
but as the very essence of who I am.
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The Weight and the Word
Calling · Memory · Writing
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Perhaps I am here to feel it all,
to bear the weight,
to trace its shape with my trembling hands
and leave its imprint, its breath, in ink,
scattered across pages, like light.
It presses into my chest, a silent force,
and though it remains unseen, it continues undeniable.
Not a burden, despite the ache,
but a calling, a presence,
a yearning without a name.
That is, until I write it down.
I have carried this since before I could speak.
The world moves forward, untouched,
but I am the keeper of its echoes,
the recorder of its weight.
Yet, words do not free me.
They gather, they linger,
they build a home in the spaces I've never known how to fill.
And so I write, not to escape,
but to belong.
To the weight of light,
to the truth that has always been mine.
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In the Shadows of Pain
Sorrow · Healing · Rebirth
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In the shadows where sorrow dwells,
I tread softly, heart heavy with echoes,
Each step, a whisper of wounds unhealed,
yet, within the ache, a flicker glows.
A dance of darkness, familiar and cold,
Where memories weave their intricate lace,
I search for the thread that leads to the light,
longing for warmth, for solace, for grace.
With every tear, a story unfolds
of battles fought in silence, unseen.
The weight of the past, like chains that bind,
but the heart yearns for freedom, for dreams to shimmer.
Acceptance, a bridge, fragile yet strong,
To negotiate the abyss of anguish and fear,
embracing the scars, the lessons they bear,
transforming the pain into something sincere.
In the stillness, a voice softly calls me,
reminding me that growth thrives in the dark.
And so, from the ashes of heartache, I rise.
A phoenix reborn, igniting the spark,
the flame amidst the dark.
I dance in understanding blossoms,
and acceptance, the dawn that follows the night.
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Counterpoint & Texture
Polyphony · Layers · Bach
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World Music & Culture
Traditions · Fusion · Identity
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