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[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043728/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D18h.htm 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)] www.regiments.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Royal_Hussars 18th Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th/18th_Hussars 13th/18th Hussars] Wikipedia
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[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043728/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D18h.htm 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)] www.regiments.org, an archived site.<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Royal_Hussars 18th Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th/18th_Hussars 13th/18th Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
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[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 Museums], [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/gallery.html  Images]
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Revision as of 13:21, 1 September 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

External Links

18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) www.regiments.org, an archived site.
18th Royal Hussars Wikipedia
13th/18th Hussars Wikipedia
The Light Dragoons Regimental Association (13th/ 15th/ 18th /19th Hussars/Light Dragoons) including Museums, Images