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"Pro Rege, pro Lege, pro Patria Conamur."

TITLES.

1759–63. The 19th Light Dragoons; popularly, "The Drogheda Light Horse."

1763–1807. The 18th Light Dragoons.

1807–22. The 18th King's Irish Hussars (then disbanded and revived).

1858 (from). The 18th Hussars.

PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours.

1795. Jamaica.

1796. St. Domingo.

1799. Holland.

*1808–14. Peninsula.

1808. Sahagun.

1809. Benevente.

1809. Corunna.

1813. Vittoria.

1813. Nive.

1814. Orthes.

1814. Toulouse.

*1815. Waterloo.

1900. South Africa.

Uniform.—Scarlet (1759——?); subsequently, and at disbandment, Dark Blue; Blue (from 1858). Facings, White (1759–1821); Blue (from 1858). Plume, Scarlet and White.

Regimental Badge.—None recognised in Regulations; but in the case of both the late and the present 18th "The Royal Cypher and Crown" appeared and appears on the appointments. Motto, "Pro Rege, pro Lege, pro Patria Conamur"—"We Strive for Sovereign, Laws, and Country."

Notes.—The first 18th is now the 17th Lancers; the present 18th, raised at Leeds in 1858, was allowed to revive the "honours" of the old corps, disbanded in 1821; the motto and the scarlet and white plume were restored in 1878.

Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 18th Hussars. By Captain Harold Esdaile Malet. [London: Clowes. 1869.]

The Royal Cypher and Crown.