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Revision as of 14:11, 26 August 2010
Also known as 19th Royal Hussars
Chronology
- 1857 raised as the 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry
- 1862 renamed the 19th Hussars
- 1884 renamed the 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
- 1908 renamed the 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars
- 1921 retitled as the 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own)
- 1922 amalgamated with the 15th The King's Hussars, to form the 15th/19th Hussars
- 1992 amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) to form The Light Dragoons
Service in British India
- 1857-62 India
- 1882 Egypt
- 1891 Bangalore
- 1896 Secunderabad
- 1919 Muttra
External Links
19th Royal Hussars www.regiments.org
19th Royal Hussars Wikipedia
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Wikipedia
Light Dragoons Wikipedia
Bibliography
See The Diary of an Indian Cavalry Officer, Pagoda Tree Press, Bath 2003 p197, and Col. John Biddulph The Nineteenth and their Times, London 1899.
