The Nineteenth and their times : being an account of the four cavalry regiments in the British army that have borne the number nineteen and of the campaigns in which they served

The Nineteenth and their times : being an account of the four cavalry regiments in the British army that have borne the number nineteen and of the campaigns in which they served

London J. Murray 1899

xx, [2], 330 p., [13] leaves of plates (some col.) : ill., ports., maps ; 23 cm.

357.10941 B584, 1899

(OCoLC)04161415

Four British cavalry regiments were numbered nineteen: Drogheda's Horse was formed in 1759 and renumbered 18 in 1763; the 19th Light Dragoons was raised for the American Revolution in 1779 and disbanded in 1783; the 23rd Light Dragoons, raised in 1781, was latre renumbered 19, and then served with distinction in India and the War of 1812 before being disbanded in 1822; and the 19th Hussars was created from the East India Commpany's 1st Bengal European Cavalry and existed to 1922 when it amalgamated with the 15th Hussars.
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