15th Light Dragoons

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The 15th Light Dragoons was a British Army light cavalry regiment that served in the 18th and early 19th centuries, participating in various European and colonial campaigns.

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15th Light Dragoons canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army cavalry regiment
light cavalry regiment
allegiance British Crown
branch British Army
cavalryClass light cavalry
conflict American Revolutionary War
Anglo-Mysore Wars
Flanders Campaign
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic invasion of Spain
surface form: Peninsular War

Seven Years' War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
country Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
equipment carbine
pistol
sabre
formedAs Eliott's Light Horse
garrison United Kingdom
heritage perpetuated in later British cavalry regiments
militaryUnitType Light Dragoons
surface form: light dragoons
namedAfter George Augustus Eliott
notableActivity pursuit of retreating enemy forces
screening friendly troop movements
skirmishing ahead of main forces
notableCharacteristic high mobility
use of light horses
participatedInTheatre European campaigns
Indian subcontinent campaigns
North American campaigns
raisedForConflict Seven Years' War
regimentalTradition light cavalry tactics
role raiding
reconnaissance
screening
serviceBranchRole mounted arm of the line
status disbanded as original light dragoon regiment
successorUnit 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
surface form: 15th The King's Hussars

15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
timePeriod 18th century
early 19th century
uniformColor dark blue
uniformFacings distinctive regimental facings

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Light Dragoons predecessor 15th Light Dragoons