A trooper of the 14th (King's) Hussars
14th (King’s) Hussars
Officer and a Stablehand
An Officer dressed in review Order and a Stablehand dressed in Stable Order of the 14th Light Dragoons in their respective dress in 1815.
Loving-Cup
On our arrival we found the regiment, which had preceded us, quartered in the dust hole a term applied to the North camp at Aldershot. The dry winds and sands of a place where a great change after the mist and damp of Curragh. Close to us with the tents of the 2nd Life Guards, … Continue reading Loving-Cup
14th (King’s) Hussars
In 1798 the 14th were given the title Duchess of York's Own and adopted the Prussian Eagle as a badge in honour of her background as Prussia's Princess Royal. At least two on temporary pictures from 1801, one by Dighton and the other by H Edridge, illustrate the sabretache of the 14th Light Dragoons. The … Continue reading 14th (King’s) Hussars
14th Light Dragoons
An `Officer of the 14th LD
Officer’s Shako
14th (King's) Light Dragoons, an officer's full dress Shako 1831 - 1846
The 14th Light Dragoons
The 14th (or Duchess of Yorks Own) Light Dragoons
Battle of the Douro
The Battle of the Douro, also known as the Second Battle of Oporto, saw Sir Arthur Wellesley’s (later the Duke of Wellington) successful Passage of the River Douro at Oporto in Portugal, on 12th May 1809 during the Peninsular War, forcing Marshal Soult’s French army into headlong and disastrous retreat to Spain. The 14th Light … Continue reading Battle of the Douro
The Battle of Vittoria
During the Battle of Vittoria in 1813, a patrol of the 14th Light Dragoons became involved in the capture, with the 18th Light Dragoons, of a French Royal Baggage Train. Some attempts were made by British soldiers to ransack the King's Carriage, but order was restored, and the King's possessions, documents and looted works of … Continue reading The Battle of Vittoria
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