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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.
Lieutenant-General Sir Joseph Thackwell GCB KH (1 February 1781 – 8 April 1859) was a British Army officer. He served with the 15th Hussars in the Peninsular War at the Battle of Sahagún in 1808 and the Battle of Vitoria in 1813, and he lost his left arm at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
The British 7th Hussars and 15th Hussars were detached from the 5th Cavalry Brigade . The 5th's remaining regiment, the 2nd Hussars of the King's German Legion ( Linsingen's ), was manning a line of observation posts on the French frontier, extending from Kortrijk (Courtrai), through Menen (Menin), Ypres , Lo (Loo), and Veurne (Furnes) to the ...
A Cavalry Officer in the Corunna Campaign, 1808-1809; The Journal of Captain Gordon of the 15th Hussars (reprint ed.). N&M Press. ISBN 978-1-84734-991-0. "This is a valuable eye-witness account of an often overlooked campaign by a perceptive and informed professional observer". [7]
15th (King's) Light Dragoons (Hussars) Lieutenant-Colonel Leighton Cathcart Dalrymple: 28 officers, 402 men 3 officers, 21 men 5 officers, 48 men 0 officers, 5 men 2nd Hussars, King's German Legion, replaced by the 13th Light Dragoons in the battle Lieutenant-Colonel August von Linsingen: 28 officers, 536 men 6th Cavalry Brigade
The brigade took part in the Battle of Waterloo. During the battle, the 7th Hussars suffered 155 casualties (56 killed, 99 wounded), the 15th Hussars 79 (23 killed, 51 wounded, 5 missing) [12] and the 13th Light Dragoons 108 (12 killed, 78 wounded, 18 missing). [13] This represented a loss rate of about 27%. [c]
An illustration by Edward Hall of the town of Austin, previously named Waterloo, on Jan. 1, 1840, by which time it had become the new capital of the Republic of Texas.
This is a list of numbered Regiments of Cavalry of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1922 when various amalgamations were implemented. The Life Guards were formed following the end of the English Civil War as troops of Life Guards between 1658 and 1659. [1]