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Also known as '''15th The King's Hussars'''
Also known as '''15th Dragoons'''


== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
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*'''1769''' renamed the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
*'''1769''' renamed the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
*'''1807''' renamed the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
*'''1807''' renamed the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
*'''1861''' renamed  the 15th (The King's) Hussars
*'''1861''' renamed  the '''15th (The King's) Hussars'''
*'''1921''' retitled as the the 15th The King's Hussars
*'''1921''' retitled as the the 15th The King's Hussars
*'''1922''' amalgamated with the [[19th Hussars|19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own)]] to form the 15th/19th Hussars
*'''1922''' amalgamated with the [[19th Hussars|19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own)]] to form the 15th/19th Hussars
*'''1992''' amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) to form The Light Dragoons
*'''1992''' amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) to form The Light Dragoons


== Service in British India ==
==Regimental histories==
*'''1857-62''' India
*''Light Dragoons : the Origins of a New Regiment'' by Allan Mallinson.  1993.  Available at the [[British Library]] BLL01008113929 . A later 2006 edition was published under the title ''Light Dragoons : the Making of a Regiment''. Covers the [[13th Hussars]], 15th (The King's) Hussars, [[18th Hussars]], and [[19th Hussars]].
*'''1882''' Egypt
== External links ==
*'''1891''' [[Bangalore]]  
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043254/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D15h.htm 15th The King's Hussars] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118042201/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d15.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*'''1896''' [[Secunderabad]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_The_King's_Hussars 15th The King's Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
*'''1919''' Muttra
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th/19th_Hussars 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Dragoons Light Dragoons] Wikipedia
*[http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/ The Light Dragoons Regimental Association]  ( 13th/15th/ 18th /19th Hussars/Light Dragoons) including [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/museums.html Museum], [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/gallery.html  Images]<br>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191102064129/http://www.britishmedals.us/files/15h.htm 15th Hussars at Bangalore, April 1845] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20200127043754/http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/nominal.html Nominal Rolls] The Asplin Military History Resources, now archived.
*Victorian Wars Forum topic about the 15th Hussars in India and Afghanistan 1869 to 1881<ref>DGoode32 et al.  [https://web.archive.org/web/20111015202330/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5964 Role of 15th Hussars in 2nd Afghan War] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 31 August 2011, now archived. Retrieved 11 July 2020.</ref>.


== External Links ==
====Historical books online====
===Historical Books Online===
*''Historical record of the Fifteenth, or the King’s Regiment of Light Dragoons; Hussars: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1759, and of its subsequent services to 1841'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=Em4q38eFaoEC  Google Books] 1841.    Indian service commenced [http://books.google.com/books?id=Em4q38eFaoEC&pg=PA107 page 107] in 1839
''Historical record of the Fifteenth, or the King’s Regiment of Light Dragoons; Hussars: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1759, and of its subsequent services to 1841'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=Em4q38eFaoEC  Google Books] 1841.    Indian service commenced [http://books.google.com/books?id=Em4q38eFaoEC& pg=PA107 page 107] in 1839
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=grcOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA200 15th Hussars leave India in 1854], page 200 ''Allen’s Indian Mail for 1854'' Google Books
===Other===
*Pdf  downloads available from the [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/downloads.html Light Dragoons Regimental Association] include
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043254/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D15h.htm 15th The King's Hussars] www.regiments.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_The_King's_Hussars 15th The King's Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th/19th_Hussars 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Dragoons Light Dragoons] Wikipedia
**''XVth (The King's) Hussars 1759-1913'' by Colonel H. C. Wylly 1914. [https://archive.org/details/xvthkingshussars/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]
**''History of the 15th The King's Hussars 1914-1922'' by Lord Carnock ... Illustrated by Capt. C. Shaw. 1932. Also available [https://archive.org/details/15thkingshussars/page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org]
**''The History of 15/19 the King's Royal Hussars, 1939-1945'' by Major G. Courage 1949.
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:38, 17 December 2023

Also known as 15th Dragoons

Chronology

  • 1759 raised as Elliot's Light Horse, after George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield then soon after renamed the 15th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1766 renamed the 1st (or The King's Royal) Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1769 renamed the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1807 renamed the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
  • 1861 renamed the 15th (The King's) Hussars
  • 1921 retitled as the the 15th The King's Hussars
  • 1922 amalgamated with the 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own) to form the 15th/19th Hussars
  • 1992 amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) to form The Light Dragoons

Regimental histories

  • Light Dragoons : the Origins of a New Regiment by Allan Mallinson. 1993. Available at the British Library BLL01008113929 . A later 2006 edition was published under the title Light Dragoons : the Making of a Regiment. Covers the 13th Hussars, 15th (The King's) Hussars, 18th Hussars, and 19th Hussars.

External links

Historical books online

  • Historical record of the Fifteenth, or the King’s Regiment of Light Dragoons; Hussars: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1759, and of its subsequent services to 1841 Google Books 1841. Indian service commenced page 107 in 1839
  • 15th Hussars leave India in 1854, page 200 Allen’s Indian Mail for 1854 Google Books
  • Pdf downloads available from the Light Dragoons Regimental Association include
    • XVth (The King's) Hussars 1759-1913 by Colonel H. C. Wylly 1914. Archive.org mirror version.
    • History of the 15th The King's Hussars 1914-1922 by Lord Carnock ... Illustrated by Capt. C. Shaw. 1932. Also available Archive.org
    • The History of 15/19 the King's Royal Hussars, 1939-1945 by Major G. Courage 1949.

References

  1. DGoode32 et al. Role of 15th Hussars in 2nd Afghan War Victorian Wars Forum 31 August 2011, now archived. Retrieved 11 July 2020.