Historical Record of the Third, Or the King's Own Regiment of Light Dragoons / Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1846.

by Richard Cannon

FOOTNOTES:

[7] Histoire de la Milice Françoise, par le Père Daniel.

[8] National Records.

[9] The equipment of Hussars at this period is described by D'Auvergne, in his History of the Campaign of 1694, pp. 22, 23.

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CONTENTS.

Year			Page
1685	Formation of the Regiment		[1]
——	Styled the Queen Consort's Regiment		[3]
——	Names of Officers		[5]
——	Reviewed by King James II. on Hounslow Heath		—
1688	The Revolution		[6]
1689	Proceeds to Ireland		[7]
——	Attacks the Enemy's out-posts at Ardee		[8]
1690	Storming of Bedloe's Castle		[9]
——	Battle of the Boyne		[11]
——	Investment of Waterford		[12]
——	Surrender of Youghal		—
——	Disperses the Rapparees—capture of Castle Martir		[13]
——	Siege of Limerick		—
1691	Expedition to Streamstown		[14]
——	Battle of Aghrim		—
——	Siege of Galway		[15]
——	Surrender of Limerick		[16]
1692	Arrives in England		[17]
1694	Reviewed in Hyde Park by King William III.		—
——	Embarks for Flanders		—
1695	Augmentation of establishment		[18]
——	Attack on the forts at Kenoque		—
——	Siege of Namur—Surrender of Dixmude		[19]
1696	Reviewed by King William III.		[20]
1697	Operations in Brabant		[21]
——	Returns to England		—
1698	Reduction of establishment		—
1702	Expedition to Cadiz under the Duke of Ormond		[21]
——	Attack on Vigo, and Capture of the Spanish fleet		[22]
1706	Forms part of an expedition under Earl Rivers, and proceeds to Spain		[23]
1707	Battle of Almanza		[24]
1708	Returns to England		[25]
1712	Reduction of establishment		—
1713	Stationed in Scotland		—
1714	Designated the King's Own Regiment		—
1715	Battle of Sheriffmuir		[26]
1718	Reduction of establishment		[28]
1720	Establishment augmented		—
1723	Augmentation of establishment		—
1727	Establishment further augmented		—
1729	Reduction of establishment		—
1738	Augmentation of establishment		—
1742	Reviewed by King George II. on Blackheath		[29]
——	Proceeds to Flanders		—
1743	Battle of Dettingen		[31]
1745	Battle of Fontenoy		[35]
——	Returns to England		[36]
——	Proceeds to Scotland		—
——	Engagement at Clifton Moor		[37]
1748	Reduction of establishment		[39]
1751	Clothing, Appointments, Guidons, &c. regulated by Royal Warrant		—
1754	Employed on coast duty in the South of England		[41]
1756	A light troop added		—
1758	The light troop forms part of the force for a descent on the coast of France		—
——	Capture of Cherbourg		[43]
1763	The light troop disbanded		[44]
1764	Marches to Scotland		—
1765	Returns to England		—
1766	The Drummers replaced by Trumpeters		[44]
1767 and 1768	Employed on coast duty in Kent, Sussex, Suffolk, and Essex		—
1770	Proceeds to Scotland		—
1771	Returns to England		[45]
1773	Employed on coast duty in Kent		—
1775	Marches to Scotland		—
1776	Stationed in South Britain	—
1778	Employed on coast duty in Sussex	—
——	An additional trumpeter authorised	[46]
1781	Reviewed by King George III. in Hyde Park	[47]
1784	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1785	Stationed in South Britain	—
1789	Reviewed by King George III. at Reading	—
1791	Marches to Scotland	[48]
1793	Augmentation of establishment	—
——	Four troops detached to Scotland	—
1797	Reduction of establishment	[49]
1798	Alteration in the Arms and Clothing	—
1800	Augmentation of establishment	[50]
——	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1802	Reduction of establishment	—
——	Embarks for Ireland	—
1805	—— for England	[51]
1806	Augmentation of establishment	—
1807	Reviewed at Brighton by the Duke of York	—
1809	Embarks for Holland	[52]
1810	Reviewed at Guildford by the Duke of Cambridge	[53]
1811	—— on Wimbledon Common by the Prince Regent	—
——	Embarks for the Peninsula	[54]
1812	Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo	[55]
——	—— Badajoz	—
——	Affair near La Granja	[56]
1812	Action at Llerena	[57]
——	Attack on the bridge of boats at Almaraz	[58]
——	Skirmish near Salamanca	—
——	—— on the heights of St. Christoval	—
——	—— near Castrillos	[60]
——	Battle of Salamanca	[61]
——	Siege of Burgos	[65]
——	Covers the mining party at Palencia	[66]
1813	Affair on the heights of Estepar	[68]
——	Battle of Vittoria	[69]
1814	Advance on Bayonne	[71]
——	Affair of La Mosquiere	—
——	Battle of Toulouse	[72]
——	Furnishes horses to mount the royal guard of France	[73]
——	Returns to England	[74]
——	Reviewed on Hounslow Heath by the Duke of York, Commander-in-Chief	—
——	Reduction of establishment	[75]
——	Authorised to bear the word "Salamanca"	—
1815	Embarks for Ostend	[76]
——	Reinforces the Army in France	—
——	Reviewed by the Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia, and the Duke of Wellington	—
1816	Forms part of the Army of Occupation	—
——	Reviewed by the Duke of Kent, and the Duke of Wellington	[77]
1818	Returns to England	—
——	Reduction of establishment	—
——	Constituted Light Dragoons	—
——	Attends the funeral of Queen Charlotte	[78]
——	Proceeds to Ireland	—
1820	Reviewed for the first time as a Light Dragoon Regiment	—
1821	Escorts King George IV. on his entry into Dublin	[79]
——	Reviewed by His Majesty	—
——	Furnishes the guard of honour on the embarkation of the King for England	—
——	Authorised to bear the words "Vittoria" and "Toulouse"	[80]
1822	Returns to England	[81]
1823	Reviewed by the Duke of York	—
1824	Again reviewed by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief	[82]
1825	Receives testimonials for its conduct in aiding the Civil Power at Sunderland	[83]
1826	Proceeds to Ireland	[84]
1829	Returns to England	[85]
1830	Establishment of horses augmented	[87]
1831	Proceeds to Scotland	—
1833	Returns to England	—
1834	Proceeds to Hounslow	—
1835	Embarks for Ireland	—
1837	Returns to England	[88]
——	Embarks for the East Indies	—
1842	Expedition to Affghanistan	[89]
——	Storming of the heights of Jugdulluck	[90]
——	Action at Tezeen	[91]
——	Arrives at Cabool, and plants the British colours in the Bala Hissar	[93]
——	Capture of Istalif	[94]
——	Authorised to bear the word "Cabool"	[95]
——	Returns to India	—
1845	Forms part of the Army of the Sutlej	—
——	Battle of Moodkee	[96]
——	—— Ferozeshah	[98]
1846	—— Aliwal	[100]
——	—— Sobraon	[101]
1846	Occupation of Lahore	[105]
——	Returns to India	—
——	The Conclusion	[107]
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.
1685	Duke of Somerset	[109]
1687	Alexander Cannon	[110]
1688	Richard Leveson	—
1694	Thomas Lord Fairfax	[111]
1695	William Lloyd	—
1703	George Carpenter	[112]
1732	Philip Honeywood	[114]
1743	Humphrey Bland	—
1752	James Lord Tyrawley	[115]
1755	Earl of Albemarle	[116]
1772	Charles Lord Southampton	[117]
1797	Francis Lascelles	—
1799	Sir Charles Grey	[118]
1807	William Cartwright	[119]
1821	Viscount Combermere	[120]
1829	Lord George Beresford	—
1839	Lord Charles Somerset Manners	[121]
PLATES.
	Costume of the Regiment	to face	[1]
	Battle of Sobraon	"	[106]