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15th (The King's) Hussars

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Also known as '''19th Royal Hussars'''

== Chronology ==
*'''1857''' raised as the [[1st Bengal European Light Cavalry]]
*'''1862''' renamed the 19th Hussars
*'''1884''' renamed the 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
*'''1908''' renamed the 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars
*'''1921''' retitled as the 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own)
*'''1922''' amalgamated with the 15th The King's Hussars, 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 ==
*'''1857-62''' India
*'''1882''' Egypt
*'''1891''' [[Bangalore]]
*'''1896''' [[Secunderabad]]
*'''1919''' Muttra

== 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

== 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]]

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