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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 ...
The British Legion was an elite British provincial regiment established during the American Revolutionary War, composed of Loyalist American troops, organized as infantry and cavalry, plus a detachment from the 16th Light Dragoons.
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)
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 ...
The RoLD (1798) was formed on July 16, 1798, at the peak of the XYZ Affair and the upcoming Quasi-war with France.. The RoLD (1808) was established on April 12, 1808, following the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, when an Act of Congress passed legislation authorizing an increase in the size of the U.S. Army, to include a regiment of dragoons.
Dragoons — 0 0 0 0 The dragoons were at the head of Clinton's column in the attack. [20] 16th Light Dragoons (The Queen's) Lieutenant Colonel William Harcourt: 0 0 0 0 17th Light Dragoons: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Birch: 0 0 0 0 First Line; Commander Lieutenant General Henry Clinton: 18 49 0 67 1st Brigade: Major General James Robertson: 0 2 0 2
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