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created 1 August 2000. Corrected and updated
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23rd (19th) Regiment
of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
[1716-1718, 1781-1821]
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United
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1716.02.16 |
Thomas Ferrers's
Regiment of Dragoons
raised in Ireland; ranked as 23rd Dragoons |
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1718 |
disbanded |
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1781.09.24 |
23rd Regiment
of (Light) Dragoons
raised at Bedford for service in India (no lineal
connection to previous regiments with the same number)
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1786.04.26 |
19th Regiment
of (Light) Dragoons |
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1816.09.30 |
19th Regiment
of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers) |
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1821.09.10 |
disbanded |
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Badges: |
The Elephant superscribed
'Assaye' |
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1716.02 |
Brig-Gen. Thomas Ferrers [to
1718; also 17th Foot, 39th
Foot, Ferrers's Foot] |
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1781.09.24 |
Sir John Burgoyne, Bt. |
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1786.04.21 |
Gen. Sir William (Howe), 5th Viscount Howe,
KB [also 23rd Foot,
46th Foot; CinC
North America 1775-78] |
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1814.07.13 |
Gen. Sir William Payne, Bt. [also
3rd Dgn Gds, 12th Lancers,
23rd Lt Dgns] |
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1815.01.12 |
Gen. Sir John Ormsby Vandeleur, GCB [to
1821?; also 14th Lt Dgns, 16th
Lancers] |
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Full Histories:
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Biddulph, John. The Nineteenth and
their times, being an account of the four cavalry regiments in the
British Army that have borne the number Nineteen, and of the campaigns
in which they served. London : John Murray, 1899. |
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