14th (King's) Hussars: Difference between revisions

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Also known as 14th Light Dragoons

1715 raised as as James Dormer's Regiment of Dragoons and ranked as the 14th Dragoons
1751 formally titled the 14th Regiment of Dragoons
1776 renamed the 14th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
1798 renamed the 14th (The Duchess of York's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
1830 renamed the 14th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
1861 renamed the 14th (King's) Hussars
1921 renamed the 14th King's Hussars
1921 amalgamated with the 20th Hussars to form the 14th/20th Hussars
1992 amalgamated with the The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) to become The King's Royal Hussars

Historical record of the Fourteenth, or the King’s Regiment of Light Dragoons by Richard Cannon 1847 Google Books Indian service commenced page 61 in 1841
Historical record of the 14th (King's) Hussars from A. D. 1715 to A. D. 1900 by Colonel Henry Blackburne Hamilton. 1901 Archive.org
Scraps from my sabretache, personal adventures while in the 14th (King’s Light) Dragoons by George Carter Stent 1882 Archive.org . The author went to India c 1851 as a reinforcement to join the Regiment, then in India.
A King's Hussar: Being the Military Memoirs for Twenty-five Years of a Troop-sergeant-major of the 14th (King’s) Hussars by Edwin Mole, (born c 1845) 1897 Archive.org . He embarked for Bombay in 1876

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+[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118042222/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D14h.htm 14th King's Hussars] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118041204/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d14.htm  deployments to 1922] www.regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_King's_Hussars 14th King's Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th/20th_Hussars 14th/20th King's Hussars] Wikipedia<br>