2nd Dragoon Guards Queens Bays/2nd Dragoon Guards Queens Bays 1767-1921

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    When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe. But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his plunder.
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