Historical Record of the Third, Or the King's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons

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Cannon Richard. Historical Record of the Third, Or the King's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons

Historical Record of the Third, Or the King's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons

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INTRODUCTION

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ON THE INSTITUTION. OF. LIGHT CAVALRY. IN. THE BRITISH ARMY

Light Dragoons

Incorporated in 1759

Incorporated in 1760

Light Dragoons

Were embodied in 1779

Embodied in 1781

Light Dragoons

Were incorporated in 1794

Raised in 1795

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HISTORICAL RECORD. OF THE. THIRD, OR THE KING'S OWN, REGIMENT. OF. LIGHT DRAGOONS

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SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. OF THE. THIRD, OR THE KING'S OWN REGIMENT. OF. LIGHT DRAGOONS

Charles, Duke of Somerset, K.G. Appointed 2nd August, 1685

Alexander Cannon. Appointed 2nd August, 1687

Richard Leveson. Appointed 31st December, 1688

Thomas, Lord Fairfax. Appointed 30th January, 1694

William Lloyd. Appointed 21st February, 1695

George Carpenter. Appointed 31st December, 1703

Philip Honeywood. Appointed 29th May, 1732

Humphrey Bland. Appointed 18th April, 1743

James, Lord Tyrawley. Appointed 8th July, 1752

George, Earl of Albemarle. Appointed 8th April, 1755

Charles, Lord Southampton. Appointed 20th October, 1772

Francis Lascelles. Appointed 23rd March, 1797

Sir Charles Grey, K.B. Appointed 4th September, 1799

William Cartwright. Appointed 28th November, 1807

Stapleton Cotton, Viscount Combermere, G.C.B., and G.C.H. Appointed 25th January, 1821

Lord George Thomas Beresford, G.C.H. Appointed 16th September, 1829

Lord Charles Somerset Manners, K.C.B. Appointed 8th November, 1839

APPENDIX. TO THE. HISTORICAL RECORD. OF THE. THIRD, OR THE KING'S OWN, REGIMENT. OF. LIGHT DRAGOONS

Copy of a Despatch of Brigadier M. White, C.B., Commanding the Cavalry Division on the 18th December, 1845, to the Adjutant-General of the Army in India

Copy of a Despatch from Brigadier M. White, C.B., Commanding the Cavalry Division, to the Adjutant-General of the Army in India

Extracts from Minutes of Proceedings of the House of Lords.—2nd March, 1846

Extracts from Minutes of Proceedings of the House of Lords.—2nd April, 1846

Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.—2nd March, 1846

MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE SUTLEJ

Extracts from the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.—2nd April, 1846

BATTLE OF ALIWAL

BATTLE OF SOBRAON

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Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846

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Twenty-first—by Lieut.-Colonel Thomas R. Beaumont. This regiment served at the Cape of Good Hope and in India thirteen years; a detachment was sent to do duty at St. Helena, when Napoleon Buonaparte was removed thither. This regiment was disbanded at Chatham in 1820.

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