New clothing for the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards scrapped after the regiment is misspelled DRAGON instead

NEW T-shirts for a distinguished fighting force came under fire after the regiment’s name was spelt incorrectly.

The tops for members of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards said “Dragon” by mistake.

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Troops were horrified by the blunder in a batch of 150 shirts — which they branded “humiliating”.

The error appeared under the breast badge.  One soldier said: “The regiment is famous for its victory at the Battle of Waterloo. To get its  name wrong is unthinkable.”

Another declared: “We are proud Dragoons not Dragons.” The Ministry of Defence said the T-shirts were provided by a company which “unfortunately misspelled the regimental name”.

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A spokesman added: “Replacements were produced free of charge  but some soldiers decided  to keep the original rather than destroy them.” Insiders claim they could become collectors’ items.

The tops were ordered after C-squadron’s deployment to Poland last year, a source said.

The Dragoons is a light cavalry regiment made up of historical regiments dating back more than 300 years.

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