converted some dragoon regiments into light cavalry, these regiments being officially designated 'Light Dragoons'. All British light cavalry regiments...

regiments designated as dragoons: 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, the Royal Dragoon Guards, and the Light Dragoons. These perform a...

from the 11th helping form the 19th Light Dragoons, which in 1862 became the 19th Royal Hussars. While dragoons had previously been mounted infantry, as...

Regiment of Dragoons (1804–1812, red jacket) changed into: 1st Regiment of Light Dragoons (1812–1816, blue jacket) 2nd Regiment of Dragoons (1805–1812...

Dragoons in 1685, as part of the response to the Monmouth Rebellion by the regimenting of various independent troops, and ranked as the 4th Dragoons....

(King's Own) Dragoons 5th (Royal Irish) Dragoons 4th (Queen's Own) Dragoons 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 7th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons 8th (The King's...

as the 14th Regiment of Dragoons in 1751. It became a light dragoon regiment in 1776, as the 14th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, and two troops were detached...

were converted into 'light dragoons', as were the 17th–20th. By 1798 this arm had increased to some 23 regiments: the 7th–14th Dragoons had been converted...

the 5th Dragoon Guards. The Heavy Brigade was made up of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the 5th Dragoon Guards, the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons and the...

of Dragoons and numbered for the first time as the 8th Dragoons. In 1775 they received their first title, "The 8th King's Royal Irish Light Dragoons"....

The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, the number being an attempt to create a new numbering system for the light dragoon regiments. However, the old...

the light troop was detached to form the 19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons; in 1783, it became the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons...

Dragoons in 1719, re-titled as the 9th Regiment of Dragoons in 1751 and converted into Light Dragoons, becoming the 9th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons in...

was formed in 1810 as 1st York Light Dragoons (also referred to as Troop of Markham Dragoons or Captain Button's Dragoons). A troop of 50 men provided their...

The 2nd Continental Light Dragoons, also known as Sheldon's Horse after Colonel Elisha Sheldon, was commissioned by the Continental Congress on 12 December...

these had passed. In 1833, Congress created the 1st U.S. Dragoons, followed by the 2nd U.S. Dragoons and the U.S. Mounted Riflemen 1836 and 1846 respectively...

Regiment of Light Dragoons: 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (1759), (1759-1763) 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (17th Lancers), raised as 18th Dragoons in 1759...

The 1st Continental Light Dragoons, also known as Bland's Horse, was a mounted regiment of the Continental Army organized between 13 June and 10 September...

forces, Nolan transferred to the British Army as a cornet in the 15th Light Dragoons. Deployed in India, Nolan was eventually made the regimental riding...

serve in Canada. (The 14th Light Dragoons served on campaign in New Orleans but had no horses, The 6th Inniskilling Dragoons served on the East coast of...

two more dragoon regiments became light dragoons. By 1861, the last light dragoons retitled as hussars, leaving three regiments of dragoons and seven...

The 28th Light Dragoons or the 28th (Duke of York's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was raised in March...

23rd Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army which existed several times. It was created in 1781 as the 23rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons...

Light Dragoons (1779), raised in 1779 from the light troops of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, 1st Dragoons and 11th Dragoons, and disbanded in 1783 20th Light Dragoons...

The 21st Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was raised on 5 April 1760, as the 21st Light Dragoons (Royal Foresters) by John...

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...

The 32nd Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was raised in October 1794, by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Joseph Blake. It was disbanded...

The 2nd Regiment of Light Dragoons was a unit of the U.S. Army in the early nineteenth century. It was first activated in 1812. The regiment was consolidated...

as Elliots Light Horse as the first of the new regiments of light dragoons in 1759. It was renamed the 15th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons in 1760. The...

Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre is a sword that was used primarily by British light dragoons and hussars, and King's German Legion light cavalry during...