The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
History
The regiments of the British Army, chronologically arranged
Great Britain. Army
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| Colour of |
Titles. +--------+--------+Campaigns, Battles, &c.
|Uniform.|Facings.|
--------------------------+--------+--------+-----------------------
Colonel James Dormer’s |Scarlet,|Yellow, |Flanders, 1794–1795.
Regiment of Dragoons. | 1715– | 1715– |Douro, 1809.
1715–1720 | 1784.| 1798.|Talavera, 1809.
(Its Colonel’s name.) | Blue, |Orange, |Fuentes-d’Onor, 1811.
1720–1751 | 1784– | 1798– |Salamanca, 1812.
14th Dragoons. 1751–1776 | 1830.| 1830.|Vittoria, 1813.
14th Light Dragoons. |Scarlet,| Blue, |Orthes, 1814.
1776–1798 | 1830– | 1830– |Peninsula, 1808–1814.
14th, or Duchess of York’s| 1842.| 1842.|New Orleans, 1815.
Own Light Dragoons. | Blue, |Scarlet,|Punjaub, 1848–1849.
1798–1830 | 1842--.| 1842– |Chillianwallah, 1849.
14th, or King’s Light | | 1861.|Goojerat, 1849.
Dragoons 1830–1861 | | Blue, |Persia, 1856.
14th, The King’s Hussars. | | 1861--.|Central India, 1858.
1861---- | | |Indian Mutiny, 1858.
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The Regiment was raised in the south of England.
It received its title and badge of “the Prussian Eagle” in 1798 in
honour of the Princess Royal of Prussia, also its facings, orange being
the Brandenburg colour.
It also bears the “Royal Cypher within the Garter.”
FIFTEENTH HUSSARS.
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