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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.


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