Badges above from left 13th Hussars; 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own); 15th The King's Royal Hussars; 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexander's Own); The Light Dragoons:

The Light Dragoons
British Army - Royal Armoured Corps
Including
(Reflecting historic name changes)

1st Bengal European Light Infantry

1st (or The King's Royal) Regiment of Light Dragoons

4th Regiment of Light Dragoons

13th Dragoons

13th Hussars

13th Regiment of Dragoons

13th Regiment of Light Dragoons

13th/18th Hussars

13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

15th (or King's) Light Dragoons

15th (or King's) Light Dragoons (Hussars)

15th (King's) Hussars

15th King's Hussars

15th (or Light) Dragoons

15th Regiment of (or Light) Dragoons

15th The King's Hussars

15th/19th Hussars

15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars

15th King's Hussars

18th Hussars

18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

18th Regiment of Light Dragoons

18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars

19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars

19th (Princess of wales's Own) Hussars

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexander's Own)

19th Regiment of Hussars

(Col Geo) Eliott's Light Horse

Drogheda Light Horse (1759)

Richard Munden's Regiment of Dragoons

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The Light Dragoons

Mottos -

• Viret in aeternum (It Flourishes Forever)
  
• Merebimur (We shall be Worthy)
  

Uniform -

Corps March -

• Quick – Balaklava
• Slow – Denmark
  

Nick-name - "England's Northern Cavalry"

Colonel-in-Chief HM The King of Jordan

Today

The Light Dragoons (LD) is a cavalry regiment in the British Army. The regiment is a light cavalry regiment with a history in the reconnaissance role which dates back to the early eighteenth century. It is currently based in Catterick Garrison North Yorkshire.

The regiment was formed in 1992 at Haig Barracks in Hohne from the amalgamation of two regiments, the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) and the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars. All of the antecedent regiments had been regiments of "light dragoons" during the 18th and 19th centuries, including the Napoleonic Wars.

Ancestry

3.7

3.7.1
3.7.2

3.7.1.13.7.1.23.7.2.1 3.7.2.2

3.7 The Light Dragoons

Formed in 1992 by the amalgamation (✽) of -

3.7.1 - ✽ 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) 1922

Formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of

3.7.1.1 - 13th Hussars
and
3.7.1.2 - 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

3.7.2 - ✽ 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars 1922

Formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of

3.7.2.1 - 15th The King's Hussars
and
3.7.2.2 - 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexander's Own)

3.7.1.13.7.1.1 - 13th Hussars

The 13th Hussars (previously the 13th Light Dragoons) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War and the First World War but then amalgamated with the 18th Royal Hussars, to form the 13th/18th Royal Hussars in 1922.

Active - 1715 -1922
Motto - Viret in aeternum (It Flourishes Forever)
Timeline

1715 - Raised as Richard Munden's Regiment of Dragoons and Ranked as 13th Dragoons
Known by other Colonel's names

• 1722 - Sir Robert Rich
  
• 1725 - Earl of Harrington
  
• 1740 Henry Hawley
  
• 1741 - Humphrey Bland
  
• 1722 - James Gardner
  
• 1746 - Francis Ligonier
  
• 1746 - Philip Naison
  
• 1751 - Sir C A Powlet
  
• 1741 - Henry S Conway
  

1751 - 13th Regiment of Dragoons
1783 - 13th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
1861 - 13th Hussars
13th/18th Hussars

 '''Pre 1901''' - Badge introduced '''1922''' Amalgamated with '''18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) to form '''13th/18th Hussars''' ''(Badge right)''

1935 - 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
1938 - Badge Change (See right)
1952 - Crown change - (3.7.1)
1992 - Amalgamated with 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars to form The Light Dragoons

Notable commanders (Colonels listed at WIKI 13th Hussars

• Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich
• Major-General William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington
• Lieutenant-General Henry Hawley
• Lieutenant-General Humphrey Bland
• Colonel James Gardiner
• Major General Sir Charles Powlett
• Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway
• General Sir Baker Russell
• Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
  

Battle honours

• Early Wars: Albuhera, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Waterloo, Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
• The Great War: France and Flanders 1914-16, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1916-18

3.7.1.23.7.1.2 - 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

The 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first formed in 1759. It saw service for two centuries, including the First World War before being amalgamated with the 13th Hussars to form the 13th/18th Royal Hussars in 1922.
Active - 1759 - 1821
Nickname(s) -

• The Young 15th
• The Drogheda Light Horse Motto- Pro rege, pro lege, pro patria conamur (For King, for Law, for Country we strive)
  

Timeline
1759 - First raised by Charles, Marquess of Drogheda as the 19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
1763 - Renumbered the 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
1766 - 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons
1769 - Reverted to 18th Regiment of Light Dragoons
1799 - In action at the Battle of Bergen
1805 - 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
1807 - Re-designated Hussars - 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
1821 - Disbanded in Ireland
1858 - Re-raised as 18th Regiment of Light Dragoons from a nucleus taken from the 15th Hussars
1861 - Re-named 18th Hussars
1903 - re-named 18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of wales's Own) Hussars
1908 - Badge issued
1910 - Re-designated 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
1919 - Name Modified - 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's own)
c. 1919 - Badge introduced - (3.7.1.2)
1922 - amalgamated with 13th Hussars to form 13th/18th Hussars
1935 - 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
1938 - Badge Change (See right)
1952 - Crown change - (3.7.1)
1992 - Amalgamated with 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars to form The Light Dragoons

Notable commanders

• Field Marshal Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda
• General Sir Edward Hodge Colonels of the regiment (Name, Appointment)
• F.M. Charles, Marquess of Drogheda 3 August 1762
• Lt-Gen. Edward Byam 16 November 1858
• Gen. Sir Charles Routledge O'Donnell 10 September 1864
• Gen. Sir Edward Cooper Hodge, GCB 19 November 1870
• Gen. Sir Thomas Westropp McMahon, Bt., CB 6 January 1874
• Lt-Gen. Sir William Drysdale, KCB 16 March 1885
• Lt-Gen. Richard Knox 11 June 1891
• Gen. Sir Alexander George Montgomery Moore, KCB 4 January 1892
• Maj-Gen. Thomas Phillips 9 July 1904
• Maj-Gen. Sir John Palmer Brabazon, KCB, CVO 10 November 1913 (Commanding officers are listed at WIKI 18th Royal Hussars)
  

Battle honours

• Early wars: Peninsula, Waterloo, Defence of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
• The Great War: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Messines 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914 '15, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Somme 1916 '18, Flers-Courcelette, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Rosières, Amiens, Albert 1918, Hindenburg Line, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914-18

3.7.2.1 King's Crown

3.7.2.1 - 15th The King's Hussars

The 15th The King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. First raised in 1759, it saw service over two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with the 19th Royal Hussars into the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars in 1922.
Active - 1759-1922
Motto - Merebimur (We shall be Worthy) (Latin)
Timeline
1759 - Raised by George Augustus Eliott in London as Elliott's Light Horse. Ranked as 15th (or Light) Dragoons
1760 - Re-named 15th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
1760 - landed in Bremen in June for service in the Seven Years' War
1766 - re-named 1st (or The King's Royal) Regiment of Light Dragoons
1769 - re-designated 15th (or King's) Light Dragoons
1807 - 15th (or King's) Light Dragoons (Hussars)
1861 - Renamed 15th (King's) Hussars
1921 - Name modified 15th The King's Hussars
Pre 1901 - Badge introduced (3.7.2.1)
1922 - amalgamated with 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own) to form 15th/19th Hussars
1932-33 - briefly called 15th King's Royal Hussars
1934 - 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
1952 Badge Change (3.7.2.1 Queens's Crown)
1992 - Amalgamated with 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) to form The Light Dragoons

Notable commanders

• George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield
• Lieutenant General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
• General Lord Robert Manners

Battle honours

• Early wars: Emsdorf, Villers-en-Cauchies, Willems, Egmont-op-Zee, Sahagun, Vittoria, Peninsula, Waterloo, Afghanistan 1878-80
• The Great War: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 '15, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Somme 1916 '18, Flers-Courcelette, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Rosières, Amiens, Albert 1918, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914-18

Reference:

• WIKI 15th The King's Hussars
  

3.7.2.2
3.7.2.2 King's Crown

3.7.2.2 - 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexander's Own)

The 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, created in 1857. After serving in the First World War, it was amalgamated with the 15th The King's Hussars to form the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars in 1922.
Active 1857-1922

Timeline 1759-1821 - Three earlier 19th's existed - all were disbanded.
1857 - Raised in Bengal by the Hon. East India Company as 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry for service in response to the Indian Rebellion.
1858 placed under the command of the Crown
1861/1862 - moved into the British Army and designated 19th Regiment of Hussars; authorised to inherit the battle honours of the disbanded 19th Light Dragoons.
1881 Re-designated 19th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
1882 - saw action at Battle of Tel el-Kebir in September 1882 during the Anglo-Egyptian War
1899 - fought at the Siege of Ladysmith in winter during the Second Boer War.
1902 - titled the 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars after Alexandra, Princess of Wales
1902 badge 1908 - when Alexandra became Queen Consort the name changed to the 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars.
1921 - Name modified to 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's own Post 1921 - disbanded as part of the post-War reduction in forces
1922 - briefly resurrected in order to amalgamate with the 15th The King's Hussars, to form the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars.
1932-33 - briefly called 15th King's Royal Hussars
1934 - 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
1952 Badge Change (3.7.2.1 Queens's Crown)
1992 - Amalgamated with 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) to form The Light Dragoons

Battle honours

• Early wars: Mysore, Seringapatam, Assaye, Niagara, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt 1882 '84, Abu Klea, Nile 1884-85, Defence of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
• The Great War: Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1915, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Somme 1916 '18, Flers-Courcelette, Cambrai 1917 '18, St Quentin, Rosières, Amiens, Albert 1918, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914-18

Reference

• WIKI 19th Royal Hussars

Notable Personnel

Names with Bold links are to Geni profiles. Other links take you to external biographical web pages.

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B

C

D

E

• George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, founder of 15th The King's Hussars
• Lieutenant Colonel William Erskine - Commander of 15th The King's Hussars

F

• Lord French, who joined the 19th Royal Hussars as a junior officer in March 1874

G

• Lieutenant Hugh Henry Gough, of the 1st Bengal European Light Infantry received the Victoria Cross during the Indian Rebellion.

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

• Louis Nolan, an officer of the 15th Hussars who gained notoriety as the bearer of the ill-fated order precipitating the Charge of the Light Brigade

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P

Q

R

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U

V

W

Sources, References and Further Reading

• Brereton, J M A Guide to the regiments and Corps of the British Army on the Regular Establishment (Bodley Head) 1985
• Griffin, P D Encyclopedia of Modern British Army Regiments (Sutton Publishers) 2006
• Lumley, Goff Amalgamations in the British Army 1660-2008 (Partizan Press 2009)
• The Light Dragoons Regimental Association
• WIKI The Light Dragoons
  
• WIKI 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
  
• WIKI 13th/18th Royal Hussars

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