Motto: _Merebimur_ (We will deserve). _Uniform_, Blue. _Head-dress_, Busby with scarlet plume and busby bag. _Forage cap_, Scarlet. _Horse plume_, Scarlet. Allied Regiment, 15th Light Horse of Canada, Calgary, Alberta. Linked Regiment, 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. The officers wear crossed flags, pointing downwards, on the leopard skin. Special arm badge for Sergeants, Royal Crest. 15th (The King's) HUSSARS The 15th Hussars was the first regiment of Light Dragoons raised for permanent service in 1759 by Colonel Eliott, the gallant defender of Gibraltar, afterwards Lord Heathfield. It was named after him "Eliott's Light Horse." In 1767 the regiment was made "Royal" as a reward for its services in Germany, and in 1768 styled the "King's Light Dragoons." Its present title it received in 1806. This regiment was authorized to bear on its helmets the following inscription: "Five battalions of Foot defeated and taken by this regiment, with their colours, and nine pieces of cannon, at Emsdorff, 16th July, 1760." In 1794, the 15th, at Villiers-en-Cauchies, charged enormously superior numbers of all arms. It succeeded in its object at a terrible sacrifice. In 1799, the troopers had given them the honour of decking their helmets with scarlet feathers. Nicknamed "The Fighting Fifteenth." [Illustration] (_Depot_, Woolwich.) The Cypher of Queen Charlotte within the Garter. "Beaumont," "Willems," "Talavera," "Fuentes d'Onor," "Salamanca," "Vittoria," "Nive," "Peninsula," "Waterloo," "Bhurtpore," "Ghuznee, 1839," "Affghanistan, 1839," "Maharajpore," "Aliwal," "Sobraon," "Relief of Kimberley," "Paardeberg," "South Africa, 1900-02." Motto: _Aut cursu, aut cominus armis_ (Either in the charge, or hand to hand). _Uniform_, Scarlet. _Facings_, Blue. _Head-dress_, Lance cap of black leather with upper part and top of dark blue cloth; black plume. _Forage cap_, Scarlet, with blue band. Allied Regiment, 16th Light Horse of Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan. Linked Regiment, 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers. 16th (The Queen's) LANCERS The regiment was raised in 1759. It served with distinction throughout the Peninsular War, from Talavera to Toulouse, during the greater part of which time it was attached to the Light Division. Subsequently, it fought at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo, where it lost heavily. It was the first Lancer regiment to serve in India, and the first British Lancers to use the lance in action. During a tour of service in India extending over a quarter of a century it won great fame on many fields. At the battle of Aliwal (where Sir Harry Smith, with a force of 12,000 men with 32 guns, defeated 19,000 Sikhs with 68 guns) it specially distinguished itself. The 16th Lancers, being the only Lancer corps wearing the scarlet tunic, received the sobriquet of the "Scarlet Lancers." [Illustration] (_Depot_, Woolwich.) Death's Head "_Or Glory_."