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''Historical record of the Fourteenth, or the King’s Regiment of Light Dragoons'' by Richard Cannon 1847 [http://books.google.com/books?id=uq2BfgFc_rUC  Google Books]      Indian service commenced [http://books.google.com/books?id=uq2BfgFc_rUC&pg=PA61 page 61] in 1841
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*''Historical record of the Fourteenth, or the King’s Regiment of Light Dragoons'' by Richard Cannon 1847 [http://books.google.com/books?id=uq2BfgFc_rUC  Google Books]      Indian service commenced [http://books.google.com/books?id=uq2BfgFc_rUC&pg=PA61 page 61] in 1841
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00hamiiala#page/n11/mode/2up ''Historical record of the 14th (King's) Hussars from A. D. 1715 to A. D. 1900''] by Colonel Henry Blackburne Hamilton. 1901 Archive.org
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/scrapsfrommysab00stengoog#page/n2/mode/2up ''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.
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/akingshussarbei00compgoog#page/n7/mode/2up ''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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/akingshussarbei00compgoog#page/n151/mode/2up 1876]
  
 
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Revision as of 12:19, 5 February 2011

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

External Links

Historical Books Online

Other

14th King's Hussars www.regiments.org
14th King's Hussars Wikipedia
14th/20th King's Hussars Wikipedia
King's Royal Hussars Wikipedia