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*'''1896''' [[Chitral Campaign]]
*'''1896''' [[Chitral Campaign]]
*'''1919''' Risalpur
*'''1919''' Risalpur
Due to the return of the 18th Hussars to England, on 8 April 1875 2 privates transferred to the [[13th Hussars]] according to the link [http://pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.htm The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan1874-1884] (pinetreeweb.com)


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 06:11, 19 December 2011

Also known as 18th (Light) Dragoons

Chronology

  • 1715 raised as Richard Molesworth's Regiment of Dragoons ranked as 19th Dragoons
  • 1718 disbanded
  • 1759 reformed as 19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1766 became 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1769 became 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1805 became 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1805 became 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
  • 1821 disbanded in Ireland
  • 1858 reformed at Leeds as 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons from a nucleus of 15th Hussars
  • 1861 became 18th Hussars
  • 1903 renamed the 18th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
  • 1905 renamed the 18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussarss
  • 1910 renamed the 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
  • 1921 renamed the18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
  • 1922 amalgamated with the 13th Hussars to form the 13th/18th Hussars
  • 1935 became the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
  • 1992 consolidated with the 15th/19th King’s Hussars to form the Light Dragoons

Service in British India

Due to the return of the 18th Hussars to England, on 8 April 1875 2 privates transferred to the 13th Hussars according to the link The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan1874-1884 (pinetreeweb.com)

External Links

Historical books online