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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 ...
British Indian Army: Battles / wars: Indian Mutiny Second Anglo-Afghan War. Battle of Ahmed Khel; Awards: Victoria Cross ... C.B., of the 14th Light Dragoons. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial — the last feature film that William Friedkin directed, before the Academy Award winner passed away in August — is skipping theaters and instead will exclusively ...
Bengal Brigade is a 1954 American adventure war film directed by Laslo Benedek and starring Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl and Ursula Thiess. [1] [2] The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, based on the 1952 novel The Bengal Tiger: a Tale of India by Edison Marshall writing as Hall Hunter. [3]