TWENTY-FIRST HUSSARS.
| Titles. | Colour of | Campaigns, Battles, &c. | |
| Uniform. | Facings. | ||
| East India Company’s 3rd Bengal European Cavalry. 1858 3rd Bengal European Cavalry. 1858–1861 21st Hussars. 1861—— | Blue, 1858—. | Blue, 1858—. | |
The first 21st Dragoons was raised at Windsor in 1759 as the “21st Royal Windsor Foresters.” Its uniform was scarlet with blue facings; it was disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised from the Light Troops of the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 15th, and 16th Dragoons in 1779. Its uniform was scarlet with white facings; it was disbanded in 1783.
The third was raised in 1794. Its uniform when raised was scarlet with yellow facings, but in 1815 was blue with black velvet facings; it was disbanded in 1818.