The Light Dragoons is an armoured regiment of the British Army. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ...
It was formed in 1992 fron the amalgamation of two regiments, becoming the first dragoon regiment in the British Army for over twenty years: 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A light dragoon from the American Revolution A dragoon is a soldier trained to fight on foot, but transport himself on horseback. ...
The regiment currently serves in the formation reconnaissance role, equipped primarily with the Scimitar. The regiment's Colonel-in-Chief is HM King Abdullah II. FV107 Scimitar is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle, although sometimes classed as a light tank used by the British Army. ... King Abdullah and Queen Rania His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein ( Arabic: عبدالله الثاني بن الحسين) (born January 30, 1962) is the current King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan since February 7, 1999. ...
The 15th LightDragoons were the first ever (1759), and others quickly followed including the Eighteenth and Nineteenth.
The Thirteenth, raised as heavy dragoons (mounted infantrymen) as early as 1715, were also converted to the light role.
In the Crimean War (1854-56), the 13th LightDragoons were in the forefront of the famous Charge of the Light Brigade, immortalized by Tennyson's poem of that name ("Into the valley of death rode the six hundred").
The 13th LightDragoons (later renamed The 13th Hussars) were a cavalry regiment of the British Army whose battle honours include Waterloo and The Charge of the Light Brigade.
The 13th LightDragoons, along with the 3rd Dragoon Guards and the 4th Dragoons, formed the Brigade of Brigadier George Grey (part of The Division of Brigadier General Sir William Lumley).
On the 28th August the entire Light Brigade (consisting of the 4th LightDragoons and 13th LightDragoons, 17th Lancers, the 8th Hussars and 11th Hussars, under the command of Major General the Earl of Cardigan) were inspected by Lord Lucan; five men of the 13th had already succumbed to cholera.
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