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Also known as '''19th Royal Hussars'''
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Also known as '''15th The King's Hussars'''
  
 
== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
*'''1857''' raised as the [[1st Bengal European Light Cavalry]]
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*'''1759''' raised as Elliot's Light Horse, after George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield then soon after renamed the 15th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
*'''1862''' renamed the 19th Hussars
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*'''1766''' renamed the 1st (or The King's Royal) Regiment of Light Dragoons
*'''1884''' renamed the 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
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*'''1769''' renamed the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
*'''1908''' renamed the 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars
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*'''1807''' renamed the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
*'''1921''' retitled as the 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own)
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*'''1861''' renamed the 15th (The King's) Hussars
*'''1922''' amalgamated with the 15th The King's Hussars, to form the 15th/19th Hussars
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*'''1921''' retitled as the the 15th The King's Hussars
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*'''1922''' amalgamated with the [[19th Hussars|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
 
*'''1992''' amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) to form The Light Dragoons
  
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071007120646/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D19c(H).htm 19th Royal Hussars] www.regiments.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Royal_Hussars 19th Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th/19th_Hussars 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Dragoons Light Dragoons] Wikipedia  
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[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043254/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D15h.htm 15th The King's Hussars] www.regiments.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_The_King's_Hussars 15th The King's Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th/19th_Hussars 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_Dragoons 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.
 
 
 
 
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]

Revision as of 17:41, 23 July 2009

Also known as 15th The King's Hussars

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

15th The King's Hussars www.regiments.org
15th The King's Hussars Wikipedia
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Wikipedia
Light Dragoons Wikipedia