"The records of the military events of the remote ages speak of heavy-armed horsemen being accompanied by others mounted and equipped for light services. The Barons and Knights, who rode the powerful horses celebrated by historians, and took the field completely cased in steel, had a few light-armed attendants; the feudal horsemen were variously … Continue reading History of the 14D
Captain Peter Hawker 14th LD
Peter Hawker was the only son of Peter Ryves Hawker who had been an officer in the 1st Troop of Horse Guards. His mother was Mary Wilson Yonge, from an Irish family. They lived at Long Parish, Hampshire but young Peter was born in London on 24 Dec 1786. He entered the army as a … Continue reading Captain Peter Hawker 14th LD
Antwerp Bridge
Click to enlarge Lieutenant Colonel David Silvertop (OA30): Remembered: On the 4th September 1944, Lieutenant Colonel David Silvertop (OA30) who served with distinction in World War 2 as a tank commander was killed in action while on route to relieve troops held up in the Dutch city of Arnhem, after liberating the Belgium city of … Continue reading Antwerp Bridge
14th Hussar – c1841
14th (King's) Hussars - c1841 Notice the scarlet on the trousers.
British Victorian 14th Hussars
British Victorian 14th Hussars Officers Busby with Chinstrap by Cater and Co. The busby is made of black fur and looks quite tall at this stage. The Dress Regulations for the busby stipulate 7.75 inches high at the front, 8 inches at the sides and 9 inches at the back. The top of the cap … Continue reading British Victorian 14th Hussars
Trooper 14th Hussars
A trooper of the 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
History of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 
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