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Charge of the 16th Lancers at the Battle of Aliwal, January 1846. The regiment was dispatched to Ireland in March 1816 where it was re-designated as a lancer regiment in September 1816, becoming the 16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers). [1] It returned from Ireland in June 1819. [33]
He commanded the 16th Light Dragoons at the Battle of White Plains in October 1776 and then captured General Charles Lee at Basking Ridge in December 1776 during the American Revolutionary War. [4] Promoted to colonel on 29 August 1777, he became aide-de-camp to the King in September 1777 [ 5 ] and honorary colonel of the 16th Light Dragoons in ...
King's American Dragoons; King's American Regiment (placed on American establishment, in 1781, as 4th American Regiment, part of the regular, British Army) (1776–1783) King's Rangers; King's (Carolina) Rangers; King's Orange Rangers; King's Royal Regiment of New York; Kinloch's Light Dragoons (formed part of the British Legion in 1778)
The cavalry combined, in whole or in part, elements of Captain Kinloch's independent troop of New York Dragoons, the Philadelphia Light Dragoons, Emmerich's Chasseurs, the Prince of Wales' American Volunteers, and the 16th Light Dragoons. [3]
Queen's American Rangers: Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe: 454 British foot regiments each contained a company of light infantry, but during the American Revolutionary War these were detached to form the separate Light Infantry Battalion. [4] 16th Queen's Light Dragoons: Lieutenant Colonel William Harcourt: 365 1st Battalion Light Infantry
Purchasing a cornetcy in the 16th Light Dragoons in 1773, Geary was sent to North America in 1776, arriving in New York at the end of September. In October and November, Geary's unit was mainly occupied with forays in northern New Jersey where they met little organized resistance, but on 1 December, his company was ordered to camp at Pennington ...
Light Dragoons February 1779 May 12, 1780 No Daniel Horry, Col [74] 1st Regiment of State Dragoons April 1781 1783 No Wade Hampton, I, Col [75] 2nd Regiment of State Dragoons April 1781 1783 No Charles Myddleton, Col [76] Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons April 1781 1783 No Henry Hampton, LTC [42] Polk's Regiment of Light Dragoons April 1781
This number included 50 infantry regiments, 4 legionary corps (which were partly dismounted light dragoons), 4 artillery regiments, 2 partisan corps, and 1 artificer regiment. [ 4 ] Finally, on August 7, 1782, the Continental Congress resolved that the Continental Army should be so reduced that, if possible, all its units should contain at ...