14th Light Dragoons dress during the second attack on New Orleans in 1815. (Click to enlarge) In the second attack on New Orleans under Sir A. Cochrane, on the 8th January, the two squadrons served dismounted. Major-General the Honourable Sir E. Pakenham K. C. B. was killed. Major Generals Gibbs and Kean were dangerously wounded, … Continue reading 14th Light Dragoons
The 14th (The Duchess of Yorks Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons
Officers Mess 14th (King’s) Hussars
Read more about the 14th (King's) Hussars HERE
The 14th (King’s) Hussars
The 14th Hussars were raised as Dormer’s Dragoons in 1715 to combat the First Jacobite Rebellion. They were immediately sent north to face the Jacobites and were involved in the Battle of Preston, 9–14 November 1715. Following the Second Jacobite Rebellion in 1745, the Regiment was subsequently employed on internal security duties in Ireland for … Continue reading The 14th (King’s) Hussars
The 14th Hussars – A Corporal in Review Order
The 14th Dragoons, known as Dormer’s Dragoons, was raised in 1715 as a cavalry regiment in the British Army to combat the first Jacobite rebellion. They also fought in the second rebellion after which they were used to police areas of Ireland. In 1791 the Regiment provided an escort to Her Royal Highness The Princess … Continue reading The 14th Hussars – A Corporal in Review Order
The Emperor
The most treasured possession of the 14th King' s Hussars (then the 14th/20th King's Hussars) is "The Emperor " which is the Regimental name for the solid silver bedroom utensil of King Joseph Bonaparte of Spain, whose short reign began in 1808 and finished with the defeat of Napoleon's armies in Spain by the British and Spanish armies in 1813.
History of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 
You must be logged in to post a comment.