The Light Dragoons is an armoured regiment of the British Army. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
It was formed in 1992 from the amalgamation of two regiments, becoming the first dragoon regiment in the British Army for over twenty years: 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... It has been suggested that mounted infantry be merged into this article or section. ...
The regiment currently serves in the formation reconnaissance role, equipped primarily with the Scimitar. The 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Marys Own) was a regiment of the British Army. ... The 19th Light Dragoons gained much of their fame in India, where they were given the ASSAYE badge, which had the likeness of an elephant upon it. ... The Formation Reconnaissance Regiment is one of two organisations currently used by cavalry regiments of the British Army. ... FV107 Scimitar is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle, although sometimes classed as a light tank used by the British Army. ...
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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