History of th 15th Hussars
Raising The regiment - 1759
Horse Guards having realised the value of Light horse as a distinct arm, King George II Commanded Colonel George Augustus Elliott to raise a regiment of Light Dragoons...
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Emsdorf - 1760
The Fifteenth charged and broke four bodies of the enemy in rapid succession. Many British Dragoons fell in the battle, but their resolution triumphed...
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The Kings Approbation - 1766
Now known as "The King's Regiment of Light Dragoons" the regiment recieves special favour...
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Villers-en-Cauchies - 1794
Sent overseas again on 24th April 1793 the regiment joined in the ranks of the Light Brigade under the Duke of York. Much action ensued...
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Egmont-op-Zee - 1799
During a general attack made on enemy forces arund Bergen and Egmont-op-Zee a small force makes great gains...
Duke of Cumberland becomes Colonel of the regiment - 1801
The regiment now favoured by the King, places his fifth son at its head...
The Duke of Cumberland At The Head Of The Regiment
Conversion to Hussars - 1805/7
The first regiment to be converted to Hussars - They are now known as The 15th Kings Light Dragoons (Hussars)...
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Sahagun - 1808
Seven hundred odd French light and medium cavalry confronted between three and four hundred British troopers; the imbalance of numbers was extensive, but Lord Paget had unbounded confidence in the regiment...
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Arrest of Sir Francis Burdett - 1810
Sir Francis was arrested and escorted to the Tower of London by the Fifteenth, and a detachment of the Life Guards...
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Esla - 1813
In this campaign the Hussar brigade was habitually to the front of the army, and the Fifteenth saw much action...
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Waterloo - 1815
The formation of the regiment was extended by the addition of two extra troops, three squadrons embarked at Cork landing in Ostend on the 19th May 1815. They immediately advanced up country, and were brigaded with the Seventh Hussars and the Second KGL Hussars under Maj.-Gen. Colquhoun Grant...
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Return to England - 1816
The 15th continued as part of the peace time army of occupation until May 1816...
The Long Awaited Return To England
Personalities Associated with the Regiment
Well Known people accociated with the 15th Hussars... ***unders construction***
