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Uniform of the 14th Light Dragoons, 1847 Carte-de-Visite of a lieutenant in the 14th (King's) Hussars. Maull & Co. Studios, London, 1867. The regiment was renamed in July 1830, to mark the coronation of William IV as the 14th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, [2] and it took part in the suppression of the Bristol riots in October 1831. [30]
14th Light Dragoons: 1 April 1858: Indian Mutiny: Betwa [29] John Malcolmson: 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry: 8 February 1857: Anglo-Persian War: Khoosh-ab: Joseph Malone: 13th Light Dragoons: 25 October 1854: Crimean War: Balaclava [50] William Marshall: 19th (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars: 29 February 1884: Mahdist War: El Teb [51 ...
His horse was killed on that occasion. Thirdly, at the action of 'the Betwa', he again voluntarily acted as my Aide-de-Camp, and distinguished himself by his bravery in the charge, which I made with Captain Need's Troop, Her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons, against the left of the so-called Peishwa's Army, under Tantia Topee. He was severely ...
The Commanding Officer of the 14th Light Dragoons, Colonel William Havelock, led another charge, apparently without orders. [6] He and his leading troopers were surrounded and cut down. After a third charge failed, Brigadier Charles Robert Cureton , the commander of the cavalry division to which the troops belonged, galloped up and ordered a ...
Meanwhile, the 16th Light Dragoons came forward and failed to come in contact with the square. The 14th Light Dragoons, led by Colonel Talbot, managed to attack the square but were badly repulsed. Talbot and eight of his men were killed and many horsemen were wounded. The squadron was thrown in disorder but was recalled.
Map showing the Indian Princely states during the rebellion of 1857 The Victoria Cross (VC) was introduced in Great Britain on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War. For the Indian Mutiny (also known as India's First War of Independence, Revolt of 1857, or the Sepoy Mutiny) the VC was awarded to 182 members of the British Armed Forces, the Honourable ...
These new units proved so useful in the Seven Years' War, that in 1763 the 15th Dragoons were converted into 'light dragoons', as were the 17th–20th. By 1798 this arm had increased to some 23 regiments: the 7th–14th Dragoons had been converted, and 15 new regiments had been raised and retained in service.
William Stephen Raikes Hodson (19 March 1821 – 11 March 1858) was a British leader of irregular light cavalry during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, commonly referred to as the Indian Mutiny or the Sepoy Mutiny. He was known as "Hodson of Hodson's Horse". [1]