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*'''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==
 
*''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 ==
== External Links ==
*[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>
*[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>
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*[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
*[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
*Pdf  downloads available from the [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/downloads.html Light Dragoons Regimental Association] include
*Pdf  downloads available from the [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/downloads.html Light Dragoons Regimental Association] include
**''XVth (The King's) Hussars 1759-1913''  
**''XVth (The King's) Hussars 1759-1913'' by Colonel H. C. Wylly 1914
**''History of the 15th The King's Hussars 1914-1922''  
**''History of the 15th The King's Hussars 1914-1922'' by Lord Carnock ... Illustrated by Capt. C. Shaw. 1932
**''History of 15th-19th The King's Hussars 1939-1945''  
**''The History of 15/19 the King's Royal Hussars, 1939-1945'' by Major G. Courage 1949.
: Note these are large pdfs which may be slow to open.  
: Note these are large pdfs which may be slow to open.  



Revision as of 09:27, 13 May 2019

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
    • History of the 15th The King's Hussars 1914-1922 by Lord Carnock ... Illustrated by Capt. C. Shaw. 1932
    • The History of 15/19 the King's Royal Hussars, 1939-1945 by Major G. Courage 1949.
Note these are large pdfs which may be slow to open.