18th Hussars
Also known as 18th (Light) Dragoons
Chronology
- 1715 raised as Richard Molesworth's Regiment of Dragoons ranked as 19th Dragoons
- 1718 disbanded
- 1759 reformed as 19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1766 became 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons
- 1769 became 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1805 became 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1805 became 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
- 1821 disbanded in Ireland
- 1858 reformed at Leeds as 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons from a nucleus of 15th Hussars
- 1861 became 18th Hussars
- 1903 renamed the 18th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
- 1905 renamed the 18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussarss
- 1910 renamed the 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
- 1921 renamed the18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
- 1922 amalgamated with the 13th Hussars to form the 13th/18th Hussars
- 1935 became the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
- 1992 consolidated with the 15th/19th King’s Hussars to form the Light Dragoons
Service in British India
- 1864 Madras
- 1890 Umballa
- 1896 Lucknow
- 1896 Chitral Campaign
- 1919 Risalpur
External Links
18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) including deployments www.regiments.org, an archived site.
18th Royal Hussars Wikipedia
13th/18th Hussars Wikipedia
The Light Dragoons Regimental Association (13th/ 15th/ 18th /19th Hussars/Light Dragoons) including Museums, Images
Historical books online
- Historical Records of the Eighteenth Hussars by Captain Harold Esdaile Malet 1869 Google Books. The regiment sailed for Madras in 1864 page 60