13th Light Dragoons

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The 13th Light Dragoons was a British Army cavalry regiment best known for its role in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
cavalry regiment
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED
battle Battle of Balaclava NERFINISHED
Battle of Ghazni NERFINISHED
Battle of Kabul 1842 NERFINISHED
Battle of Salamanca NERFINISHED
Battle of Talavera NERFINISHED
Battle of Tel el-Kebir NERFINISHED
Battle of Vittoria NERFINISHED
Battle of Waterloo NERFINISHED
battleHonour Afghanistan 1839 NERFINISHED
Balaklava NERFINISHED
Egypt 1882 NERFINISHED
Peninsula NERFINISHED
Sevastopol NERFINISHED
Waterloo NERFINISHED
branch British Army NERFINISHED
conflict Anglo-Egyptian War NERFINISHED
Crimean War NERFINISHED
First Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED
Peninsular War NERFINISHED
War of 1812 NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
disbandedOrReorganized 1922
followedBy 13th Hussars NERFINISHED
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) NERFINISHED
Light Dragoons NERFINISHED
garrison Canterbury NERFINISHED
Dublin NERFINISHED
Hounslow NERFINISHED
honoraryTitle 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Light Dragoons NERFINISHED
militaryUnitType light dragoons NERFINISHED
notableCommander Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge NERFINISHED
Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrenson NERFINISHED
notableEngagement Charge of the Light Brigade NERFINISHED
partOf Light Brigade NERFINISHED
precededBy 13th Regiment of Dragoons NERFINISHED
raised 1715
reorganizedAs 13th Hussars NERFINISHED
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) NERFINISHED
roleInChargeOfTheLightBrigade front-line regiment in the charge
theatreOfOperations Afghanistan NERFINISHED
Crimea NERFINISHED
Egypt NERFINISHED
Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Charge of the Light Brigade
militaryUnit
Light Dragoons
predecessor

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