13th Light Dragoons

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British Army regiment cavalry regiment

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
13th Light Dragoons canonical 2
13th Regiment of Dragoons 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
cavalry regiment ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
battle Battle of Balaclava ⓘ
Battle of Ghazni ⓘ
Battle of Kabul 1842 ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
Battle of Talavera ⓘ
Battle of Tel el-Kebir ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Vittoria

Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
battleHonour First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
surface form: Afghanistan 1839

Balaklava ⓘ
British occupation of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Egypt 1882

Peninsula ⓘ
Sevastopol ⓘ
Waterloo ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
conflict Anglo-Egyptian War ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ
First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular War

War of 1812 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedOrReorganized 1922 ⓘ
followedBy 13th Hussars ⓘ
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) ⓘ
Light Dragoons ⓘ
garrison Canterbury ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ
Hounslow ⓘ
honoraryTitle 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment of Light Dragoons ⓘ
militaryUnitType Light Dragoons ⓘ
surface form: light dragoons
notableCommander Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Hodge ⓘ
Lieutenant-Colonel John Lawrenson ⓘ
notableEngagement Charge of the Light Brigade ⓘ
partOf Charge of the Light Brigade ⓘ
surface form: Light Brigade
precededBy 13th Light Dragoons self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 13th Regiment of Dragoons
raised 1715 ⓘ
reorganizedAs 13th Hussars ⓘ
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) ⓘ
roleInChargeOfTheLightBrigade front-line regiment in the charge ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Afghanistan ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
India ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Light Dragoons → predecessor → 13th Light Dragoons ⓘ
Charge of the Light Brigade → militaryUnit → 13th Light Dragoons ⓘ
13th Light Dragoons → precededBy → 13th Light Dragoons self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 13th Regiment of Dragoons