Cornets.
| Robert Archdall | 4th | Nov. |
| Henry Bishop | 5th | „ |
| Joseph Stopford | 6th | „ |
| Henry Crofton | 7th | „ |
| Joseph Moxham | 7th | „ |
| Daniel Brown | 8th | „ |
Adjutant.—Richard Westbury.
Surgeon.—John Francis.
CHAPTER II
THE MAKING OF THE 17TH LIGHT DRAGOONS
1760
Details of the regiment’s stay at Coventry are wanting, the only discoverable fact being that, in obedience to orders from headquarters, it was carefully moved out of the town for three days in August during the race-meeting. But as these first six months must have been devoted to the making of the raw recruits into soldiers, we may endeavour, with what scanty material we can command, to form some idea of the process. First, we must premise that with the last order for the augmentation of establishment was issued a warrant for the supply of the regiment with bayonets, which at that time formed an essential part of a dragoon’s equipment. Swords, it may be remarked, were provided, not by the Board of Ordnance, but by the Colonel. It is worth while to note in passing how strong the traditions of 1645 still remain in the dragoons. The junior subaltern is indeed no longer called an ensign, but a cornet; but the regiment is still ruled by the infantry drum instead of the cavalry trumpet.
Farrier. Officer. Trumpeter.
1763.