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The regiment was reconstituted as a hussar regiment in 1807 as the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars). [2] It landed at Corunna in November 1808 for service in the Peninsular War [ 15 ] and defeated two regiments of French cavalry at the Battle of Sahagún in December 1808. [ 16 ]
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.
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
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]
The 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of the 15th The King's Hussars and the 19th Royal Hussars in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War , it was amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars to form the Light Dragoons in 1992.
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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]