15th (The King's) Hussars

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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

Service in British India

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
    • History of the 15th The King's Hussars 1914-1922
    • History of 15th-19th The King's Hussars 1939-1945
Note these are large pdfs which may be slow to open.