13th Hussars

15th The King’s Hussars

18th Royal Hussars

19th Royal Hussars

1715: Richard Munden’s
Regiment of Dragoons
ranked 13th Dragoons
Richard Molesworth’s
Regiment of Dragoons
ranked 19th Dragoons
Willliam Newton’s
Regiment of Dragoons
ranked 15th Dragoons
1718:


disbanded
 
disbanded
 
1722: Robert Rich’s
1725: Earl of Harrington’s
1730: Henry Hawley’s
1740: Robert Dalway’s
1741: Humphrey Bland’s
1743: James Gardner’s
1745: Francis Ligonier’s
1746: Peter Naison’s
1751: Sir Charles Armand Powlett’s
1751: 13th Regiment of Dragoons
1759:


19th
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

or Drogheda Light Horse
15th
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

or Elliott’s Light Horse
1763:

18th
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons



1766:

4th
Regiment of Light Dragoons

1st (or The King’s Royal)
Regiment of Light Dragoons

1769:

18th
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

15th (The King’s)
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

1781:





23rd
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

1783: 13th
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons







1786:





19th
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons

1805:

18th (King’s Irish)
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons





1807:


18th (King’s Irish)
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
(Hussars)

15th (The King’s)
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
(Hussars)




1816:








19th
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
(Lancers)

1821:


disbanded
 



disbanded
 
1858:



18th
Regiment of (Light) Dragoons







raised in the Bengal Army of the
East India Company
1st Bengal European
Light Cavalry

1859:


1st Bengal European Cavalry
1861: 13th Hussars
18th Hussars
15th (The King’s) Hussars

1862:





transferred to the British Army
19th Hussars
13H
18H
15H
19H
1878: layout
18H
layout
layout
1885:





19th (Princess of Wales’s Own)
Hussars

13H
18H
15H
19H
13H
18H
15H
layout
1902:








19th (Alexandra,
Princess of Wales’s Own)
Hussars

1903:
18th (Princess of Wales’s Own)
Hussars


layout
18H
layout
19H
1905:

18th (Victoria Mary,
Princess of Wales’s Own)
Hussars




13H
18H
layout
layout
1908:


19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own
Royal) Hussars
layout
layout
layout
19H
1910:
18th (Queen Mary’s Own)
Hussars


layout
18H
layout
layout
1919:

18th (Queen Mary’s Own)
Royal Hussars





1921:

18th Royal Hussars
(Queen Mary’s Own)

15th The King’s Hussars

19th Royal Hussars
(Queen Alexandra’s Own)

layout layout layout layout
1922: 13th/18th Hussars 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars
13-18H
15-19H
1935: 13th/18th Royal Hussars
(Queen Mary’s Own)



1938: 13-18H
layout
1939:
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
transferred to
The Royal Armoured Corps
13-18H
15-19H
layout layout
1992: The Light Dragoons
LD
2023: LD