14th (King's) Hussars
Also known as 14th Light Dragoons
Chronology
- 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
Service in British India
- 1841 Bombay
- 1842 Kirkee
- 1845 Agra
- 1846 Umballa
- 1848 2nd Sikh War
- 1857 Persian War
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1876 India
- 1881 Secunderabad
- 1906 Bangalore
- 1911 Mhow
External Links
Historical Books Online
- 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
Other
14th King's Hussars including deployments to 1922 www.regiments.org, an archived site.
14th King's Hussars Wikipedia
14th/20th King's Hussars Wikipedia
King's Royal Hussars Wikipedia