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15th (The King's) Hussars

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Also known as '''19th Royal 15th The King's Hussars'''
== Chronology ==
*'''18571759''' 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 Bengal European (or The King's Royal) Regiment of Light Cavalry]]Dragoons*'''18621769''' renamed the 19th Hussars15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons*'''18841807''' renamed the 19th 15th (Alexandra, Princess of WalesThe King's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)*'''19081861''' renamed the 19th 15th (Queen AlexandraThe King's Own Royal) Hussars*'''1921''' retitled as the 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandrathe 15th The King's Own)Hussars*'''1922''' amalgamated with the 15th The King[[19th Hussars|19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Hussars, Own)]] to form the 15th/19th Hussars
*'''1992''' amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) to form The Light Dragoons
== External Links ==
[http://web.archive.org/web/2007100712064620080118043254/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D19c(H)D15h.htm 19th Royal 15th The King's Hussars] www.regiments.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Royal_Hussars 19th Royal 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. 
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