15th The King's Hussars

15th The King's Hussars

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 15th The King's Hussars


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dates=
country= United Kingdom
allegiance=
branch= British Army
type= Line Cavalry
role=
size= Regiment
command_structure=
current_commander=
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
colonel_of_the_regiment=
nickname=
patron=
motto= "Merebimur" (We shall be Worthy) (Latin)
colors=Blue - Yellow - Red & Blue
identification_symbol= NCOs - Royal Crest
march=
mascot=
|notable_commanders=George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield
Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan KCB
General Lord Robert Manners
anniversaries= 21st December Sahagun Day
decorations=
battle_honours= Emsdorf
Villiers En Couche
Willems
Egmont op ZEE
Sahagun
Vittoria
Peninsula
Waterloo
Afghanistan 1878-80
South Africa 1899' 1902
Defence of Ladysmith
Aisne 1914
Marne 1914
Ypres 1914' 15
Somme 1916' 18
Le Cateau
Armentières 1914
Bellewaarde
Pursuit to Mons
Retreat from Mons
Cambrai 1917' 18
Rosières
France and Flanders 1914' 18

The 15th The King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1759. It saw service for two centuries, before being amalgamated into the 15th/19th Hussars in 1922.

The regiment was raised as the first of the new regiments of light dragoons in 1759, and named Elliots Light Horse, after George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield who had raised the regiment, then soon after renamed the 15th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons.In 1759 the 15th was the first unit in the British Army to be awarded a battle honour "Emsdorf" for the battle of Emsdorf in the Seven Years War. Other more senior units then applied to be awarded battle honours for previous campaigns and battles. In 1766 they were renamed for George III as the 1st (or The King's Royal) Regiment of Light Dragoons, the number being an attempt to create a new numbering system for the light dragoon regiments. However, the old system was quickly reestablished, with the regiment returning as the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons in 1769. They became hussars in 1807, as the 15th (The King's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars). The title was simplified in 1861 to the 15th (The King's) Hussars. After service in the First World War, the regiment retitled as the 15th The King's Hussars in 1921, and was amalgamated with the 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own) to form the 15th/19th Hussars the following year.

References

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title=15th The King's Hussars
accessmonthday=April 5
accessyear=2007
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work=regiments.org Includes chronological index of titles.


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