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The Light Dragoons (LD) is a cavalry regiment in the British Army. The regiment has a light cavalry role and specialises in mounted and dismounted reconnaissance . The Light Dragoons recruit mainly in Northern England, from County Durham , Northumberland , Tyne and Wear , South Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire .
The regiment was raised by Colonel William Loftus [1] and commissioned on 20 March 1794 as the 24th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, [2] which was sworn in at Netley Camp, near Southampton. On 1 October, Colonel Loftus was commissioned as the colonel of the regiment, [ 3 ] moving his headquarters to Blandford in Dorset in the same month, billeting ...
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In 1756, Horse Guards ordered that a troop of light horse be attached to each cavalry regiment. 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.
The 19th Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army created in 1781 for service in British India. The regiment served in India until 1806, and in North America during the War of 1812 , and was disbanded in Britain in 1821.
The 13th Hussars (previously the 13th Light Dragoons) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War and the First World War but then amalgamated with the 18th Royal Hussars, to form the 13th/18th Royal Hussars in 1922.
A 1760 painting of a private of the 15th Light Dragoons by David Morier 15th Kings Light Dragoon button . The regiment was raised in the London area by George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield as Elliots Light Horse as the first of the new regiments of light dragoons in 1759. [2] It was renamed the 15th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons in 1760. [2]
Light dragoon regiments of the British Army (16 P) Pages in category "Dragoon regiments of the British Army" ... 1st Regiment of Dragoons (King's German Legion) ...