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TITLES OF THE REGIMENT

1715. Raised as Dormer's Dragoons.

(Numbered as Fourteenth Dragoons.) 1776. The Fourteenth Light Dragoons. 1798. The Fourteenth, or the Duchess of York's Own Light

Dragoons.

1830. The Fourteenth, or the King's Light Dragoons. 1861. The Fourteenth, or King's Hussars.

BADGES AND DISTINCTIONS CONFERRED

BADGES

1751. The White Horse of Hanover authorised for the Guidons

by Royal Warrant. 1798. Royal authority given to assume the Prussian Eagle as

a Regimental Badge. 1832. Authorised to bear the King's Crest on the Appointments,

and the Prussian Eagle on the second and third

corners of the Regimental Guidon.

DISTINCTIONS

1815. 'Peninsula.'

1820. ' Talavera '— ' Fuentes d'Onor '— ' Salamanca '— ' Vittoria '

— ' Orthes.' 1837. 'Douro.'

1852. c Punjaub '— ' Chillianwallah '— ' Goojerat. 1859. 'Persia.' 1863. 'Central India.'

CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA

At page xiii, line 18, for ' nephew ' read ' cousin.'

At page 55, line 14 —

For ' it was defeated by the French ' read ' it defeated the French.' For ' its gallant leader killed ' read ' its gallant leader was killed.'

At page 65, footnote2, add after the word ' succeed ' : ' £a Ira,' the name of a French revolutionary air, was adopted as a Regimental March by the 1 4th Foot after the taking of Famars, in Flanders, in 1793. Both Mr. F. A. Hawker and Mr. Adolphus Hawker are of opinion that the song was used by the I4th Light Dragoons in the Peninsula when their father (Sir S. Hawker) was commanding the regiment, and they consider he became acquainted with the air when serving in Flanders in the i6th Light Dragoons. ' £a Ira, 1810,' is quoted in All the Year Round (New Series), No. 877, p. 60, Sept. 1885.

At page 414, footnote 1, for ' Vicars-Maxims' read ' Vickers- Maxims.'

PREFACE

THIS Historical Record of the i4th (King's) Hussars from its first formation as Dormer's Dragoons up to the present time, is not intended to be a complete and exhaustive history of that distinguished corps, but rather an attempt to supply in a com- pact form and in chronological order an authentic record of the stations where it has been from time to time quartered ; the battles, sieges, and other military operations in which it has been engaged ; honorary distinctions which it has gained ; changes in its establishment, uniform, and equipment ; how it has been recruited at various times ; its reviews and inspections ; names of its officers ; memoirs and services of its colonels and lieutenant- colonels ; together with other matters which are likely to be valued not only by the officers and soldiers who have served, who are now serving, and who may hereafter serve in its ranks, but also by their friends and others interested therein. In addition to this there have been inserted coloured sketches of its past and present uniforms and former guidons, as well as some portraits of the colonels and commanding officers from time to time.

The Fourteenth is one of the most illustrious regiments in the British cavalry. Long before it was immortalised by Lever in Charles O1 M alley, the Irish Dragoon, it had gained for itself a name as a famous fighting regiment with plenty of esprit de corps, and was especially noted for the superior style in which its officers and men performed their outpost duties, so that at the close of the Peninsular War it had the reputation of

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being the finest light cavalry regiment the British army ever possessed. It bears on its banners twelve marks of distinction, beginning with ' Douro,' which is borne by no other cavalry regiment, and ending with 'Central India,' where it fought gloriously and fully sustained its former high reputation. As the regiment is now engaged on active service in the field in South Africa, it may yet achieve further distinctions and add fresh laurels to its present ample store, which is surpassed by only two cavalry regiments and equalled by only two others.

In the process of compiling the historical record of a regiment, one would naturally expect to find a continuous store of information on the chief points required to form the basis of such a work in ' The Regimental Digest of Services,' J kept in the orderly-room of every regiment in Her Majesty's service, and duly posted up from time to time. In the Fourteenth, however, these 'Regimental Records' happen to be very meagre : there are some important events omitted, there are several gaps in the continuity of events, and for nearly the first hundred years, that is up to 1808, there is no mention of the places where the regiment was stationed. The explanation is that when crossing the Pyrenees with Wellington's army on the loth November 1813, the night before they set foot on French territory, the I4th Light Dragoons had their baggage captured by the enemy, and with it disappeared all their precious regimental books and documents.

Under these circumstances it became necessary, when com- piling this Record, to obtain the required information elsewhere, and after a very satisfactory search of original War Office documents deposited in the Public Record Offices in London 1 Commonly called ' Regimental Records.'

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and Dublin, the exact stations of the regiment for each year have been ascertained with the exception of those for the years 1721 to 1726 and for 1743 and 1744, and all we know is that the first-named six years were passed by the regiment some- where in Ireland, and the latter two years in Great Britain. The Historical Record of the i\th Light Dragoons, by Richard Cannon, Esqre., published in 1847, has been taken as the founda- tion of this work up to that date, and all admirers of regimental histories should be very thankful to him for the care and accuracy he brought to bear on his numerous works of that class.

The author has the greatest possible pleasure in acknow- ledging the obligations he is under to the following kind friends, and at the same time takes this opportunity to return them his grateful thanks for the help and assistance they have given him : —

Captain C. COTTRELL- DORMER of Rousham, Oxon. (late 1 3th Hussars), for portrait of his ancestor, Lieutenant- General James Dormer, founder of the regiment.

F. A. HAWKER, Esquire, of Eaglehurst, Bracknell, Berks, and ADOLPHUS HAWKER, Esquire, late of the War Office, for portrait of General Sir S. Hawker, G.C.H., their late father; and also for the words of the old regimental song of the i4th Light Dragoons used in the Peninsular War when Sir S. Hawker commanded the regiment.

Captain J. H. TREMAYNE, Adjutant, i3th Hussars, for extracts from MS. journal written in the Peninsular War, with reference to the time when the i3th and i4th Light Dragoons were brigaded together and nicknamed the ' Ragged Brigade,' 1813-14.

Major R. M. RICHARDSON, i4th Hussars, for portrait of Colonel J. Townsend, A.D.C., who commanded the regiment

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1829-45; and for several portraits of old colonels and lieutenant-colonels from the album of the Officers' Mess at Newbridge, 1897.

Major- General the Honourable HERBERT EATON, late Grenadier Guards, for copy of War Office roll of the officers and men of the i4th Light Dragoons who were among the recipients of the War Medal given in 1848 by Her Majesty Queen Victoria to the survivors of the wars.

Sir ALBERT WILLIAM WOODS, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Garter King of Arms, and Inspector of Colours to Her Majesty's Army, for the benefit of his kind advice as to the badges of the regiment.

S. M. MILNE, Esquire, of Calverley House, near Leeds, for portraits of Lord Southampton and General Louis Dejean, both colonels of the i4th Dragoons, as well as for much kind advice and valuable information as to the old uniforms of the regiment, a subject on which he is a well-known authority.

Colonel the Right Honourable A. W. B. EARL BROWNLOW, A.D.C., for a portrait of the Earl of Bridgewater, Colonel of the 1 4th Light Dragoons, his ancestor.

Sir ARTHUR E. HAVELOCK, G.C.M.G., G.C.S.I., G.C.I. E., for portrait of his late father, Lieutenant-Colonel William Havelock, K. H., killed at Ramnuggur when in command of the 1 4th Light Dragoons in 1848.

Captain H. R. GALL, late 7th Royal Fusiliers, for the perusal of some interesting letters written by his late father, Major-General R. H. Gall, C.B., a distinguished officer of the 1 4th Light Dragoons, who served through the Punjaub and Central India campaigns.

Captain the Honourable J. BERESFORD, 7th (Q.O.) Hussars, for portrait of Major-General A. Scudamore, C.B., who com- manded the 1 4th Light Dragoons, 1861.

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Messrs. INNES and Co., late of Bedford Street, Strand, for permission to use or reproduce maps and plans in The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars, by General Sir Charles Gough, V.C., G.C.B., and A. D. Innes, Esq., M.A. (published by Innes and Co., London, 1897).

J. H. SYLVESTER, Esq., F.G.S., late of 2nd Regiment Mayne's Horse, for permission to use or reproduce the map showing the route of the Central India Field Force, pub- lished in his Recollections of the Campaign in Malwa and Central India ( 1 860).

Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. ENGLISH, late commanding 1 4th Hussars, for facilities of access to the 'Regimental Digest of Services ' at Newbridge in 1897.

Colonel G. H. C. HAMILTON, Major E. D. J. O'BRIEN, and Captain R. G. BROOKSBANK, i4th Hussars, for information as to the campaign in South Africa.

The portrait of General H. E. Doherty, C.B., was kindly given by his nephew, Major D. H. DOHERTY, late 3rd (King's Own) Hussars.

Miss MURRAY kindly supplied the portrait of her late father, General the Hon. Sir Henry Murray, K.C.B., and Mrs. R. O. MILNE that of her late father, General H. Richmond Jones, C.B.

The portrait of Major-General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., was obtained by the kindness of his great-grandson, Colonel Sir JOHN MONTAGU BURGOYNE, Bart., to whom the original painting by Romney belongs.

Mrs. FRANK VANDELEUR kindly supplied the picture of General Sir J. O. Vandeleur, G.C.B., from which the photo- gravure was reproduced.

There are also numerous other kind friends and former brother-officers and some now serving in the i4th Hussars

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who have helped the author by giving him useful hints and information during the compilation of his work, and by re- plying to his queries, and to one and all of these he takes this opportunity of thanking them sincerely for their kind assistance. He would also add, that of the old officers of the Fourteenth who, from the first, have given him their best encouragement, as well as much useful information, are Viscount Chetwynd, Captain R. P. Apthorp, and the late General C. W. Thompson, Colonel of the i4th (King's) Hussars.

The late Colonel the Honourable G. H. Gough, C.B., when employed at the War Office as Private Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief (Viscount Wolseley), was good enough to supply the author with those interesting anecdotes of the Peninsular War by the late General Sir T. W. Brotherton, G.C.B., and obtained permission from the family for their publication in this book. He also kindly supplied a copy of the Jhansi, Calpee, and Gwalior despatches of Major- General Sir Hugh Rose, K.C.B., from which extracts will be found in the Appendix.

The portrait of Field-Marshal John Campbell, fifth Duke of Argyll, is from an oil painting by Gainsborough, lately in Argyll Lodge, Kensington, which His Grace the late Duke of Argyll kindly gave the author permission to have photographed.

It remains for the author to acknowledge with his grateful thanks the help he has received from the following on various occasions : —

Lieutenant-Colonel C. Greenhill Gardyne, Glenforsa, Isle

of Mull, N.B. Major H. Davidson, Cantray, Croy, N.B.

F. Leach, Esq., War Office, London.

G. Smith, Esq., War Office, London.

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Hubert Hall, Esq., F.S.A., Public Record Office, London. Herbert Wood, Esq., Public Record Office, Dublin. Mr. H. M. Winder, Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin. Mr. Henry Pridgeon (late i4th Hussars), St. Anne Street, Liverpool.

The author had the advantage of conversing with, pro- bably at the time, the oldest survivor of the I4th Light Dragoons, Mr. Sweeney, warder of the Tower of London, who had many long yarns to spin of his old soldiering days which commenced in King William iv.'s reign. He served with the 1 4th Light Dragoons through the Punjaub and Indian Mutiny campaigns, and died about two years ago, leaving a widow.

All those interested in Light Dragoons in general, and the Fourteenth in particular, should read Charles O Malley, published in 1847 under the authorship of ' Harry Lorrequer,' with illustrations by ' Phiz.' The following is the well-known song which Captain Richard Power of the Irish Dragoons (the 1 4th) sang at the mess in Dublin when the officers were trying to induce ' Charles O'Malley ' to join their corps (he being then a student at Trinity College) : —

THE IRISH DRAGOON (Air — ' Love is the soul of a gay Irishman.')

Oh ! love is the soul of an Irish Dragoon, In battle, in bivouac, or in saloon —

From the tip of his spur to his bright sabretache. With his soldierly gait and his bearing so high, His gay laughing look and his light-speaking eye, He frowns at his rival, he ogles his wench, He springs in his saddle and ' chasses ' the French —

With his jingling spur and his bright sabretache.

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His spirits are high and he little knows care, Whether sipping his claret or charging a square —

With his jingling spur and his bright sabretache. As ready to sing or to skirmish he 's found, To take off his wine or to take up his ground ; When the bugle may call him, how little he fears To charge forth in column, and beat the Mounseers —

With his jingling spur and his bright sabretache.

When the battle is over, he gaily rides back To cheer every soul in the night bivouac —

With his jingling spur and his bright sabretache. Oh ! there you may see him in full glory crowned, As he sits 'mid his friends on the hardly-won ground, And hear with what feeling the toast he will give, As he drinks to the land where all Irishmen live —

With his jingling spur and his bright sabretache.

There are, besides Charles O'Malley, two other books more recently published which are entirely about the i4th Light Dragoons and the I4th Hussars, both written by non- commissioned officers who have served in the regiment, which are extremely interesting and well worth reading, viz. — Scraps from my Sabretache, by G. C. Stent (W. H. Allen and Co., London, 1882); A Kings Hussar, by Herbert Compton (being reminiscences of Troop Sergeant- Major Edwin Mole), late i4th Hussars (Cassell and Co., 1896).

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SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES QUOTED

PRINTED BOOKS

Historical Record of the \&tth King's Light Dragoons. By RICHARD CANNON, Esq.

London: Parker, Furnival and Parker. 1847. Narrative of the War in the Peninsula, 1808-1813. By General CHARLES VANE,

Marquis of Londonderry, G.C.B., G.C.H., Colonel loth Hussars. 1828. History of the Indian Mutiny. By KAYE and MALLESON. 6 vols. London :

Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. Scraps from my Sabretache, By G. C. STENT, M.R.A.S. London: W. H. Allen

and Co. 1882. Historical Record of the First or Royal Regiment of Dragoons. By General DE

AINSLIE, Colonel of the regiment. London : Chapman and Hall. 1887. Recollections of the Campaign in Malwa and Central India under Major- General Sir

Hugh Rose, G.C.S. By J. H. SYLVESTER, Esq., F.G.S., 2nd Regiment Mayne's

Horse. Bombay : Smith, Taylor and Co. 1860.

The Sepoy Revolt. By General McLEOD INNES, V.C. London : Innes and Co. 1897. History of the Highland Clans. By JAMES BROWNE. 3 vols., 8vo. Glasgow. 1843. The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars. By General Sir CHARLES GOUGH, V.C., G.C.B., and

A. D. INNES, Esq., M.A. London : A. D. Innes and Co. 1897. Historical Journal of the British Campaign on the Continent, with the Retreat

through Holland, 1794-95. By Captain L. J. JONES, loth Regiment. Bir- mingham. 1797. Memoirs of the loth Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' s Own). By Colonel R. S.

LIDDELL, late commanding loth Royal Hussars. Illustrated. London :

Longmans. 1891.

Old Memories. By General Sir HUGH GOUGH, V.C., G.C.B. Blackwood. 1897. Biography of General Sir James Outram, Bart., G.C.B. , K. C.S.I. By Major- General

Sir F. G. GOLDSMID, K.C.S.I., C.B. 1880. History of the War in the Peninsula and the South of France. By Lieutenant-

General Sir WILLIAM NAPIER, K.C.B. 6 vols. London : Frederick Warne

and Co. ' Chandos Classics.' Narrative of the Second Sikh War, 1848-49. By E. J. THACKWELL, Esq., late

A.D.C. to General W. Thackwell, C.B. London : Richard Bentley. 1851.

(2nd Edition revised.)

b

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Standards and Colours of the British Army. By S. M. MILNE, Esq. 1893. Historical Record of Medals and Honorary Distinctions conferred on the British Navy

and Army and the Auxiliary Forces from the earliest periods. By Captain T.

TANCRED, late Royal Scots Greys. London : Spink and Co. 1891. Book of Dignities. London : W. H. Allen and Co. 1890. Dictionary of National Biography. London : Smith, Elder and Co. 1895. Historical Record of the i tfh Light Dragoons. By RICHARD CANNON, Esq. London :

J. W. Parker. 1842. Historical Record of the i&h (Queeris) Light Dragoons (Lancers). By RICHARD

CANNON, Esq. London : J. W. Parker. 1842.

PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS

Army Lists.

Burke's and Foster's Peerages and Baronetages.

The London Gazette.

Bulletins, Despatches, and London Gazette.

Illustrated London News. 1849.

Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, London. 1895.

Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army. War Office, 1822,

1831, 1846, 1855, 1857, 1864, 1874, 1883, 1894, and 1900. Times. Army and Navy Gazette. Broad Arrow.

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

Marching Orders. Muster Rolls. Marching Books. Army Returns. MS. Army Lists.

Public Record Offices,

Pay Lists. London and Dublin.

General Officers' Letter- Books.

Review Reports and Inspection Returns.

Routes.

Book of Licences (Military).

Regimental Digest of Services, I4th Hussars (Orderly-Room, New- bridge, 1897).

War Office Books (Establishment, Moves, Miscellany, Honorary Distinctions, etc.). Pall Mall, London.

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CONTENTS

PACK

PREFACE, . ..... ix

HISTORICAL RECORD

YEAR

1715. Formation of Dormer's Dragoons in South Britain, numbered

1 4th Dragoons, . . - . .'; ' '. '•-••.' . i

Names of the Officers, . . . f- . '. i

Engaged at Preston with the Jacobites, '".•'.'' • .- *' -'.'•" i

1716. Quartered in Lincolnshire, .^ Y • r ; v .- • ';. • '" 4

1717. Embarked for Ireland, -:•* '"• v';) V '•*-'. ' "-•.'•' ^ 4 1742. Returned to Great Britain, . . . ;fc.» ;.; 12

1745. Engaged with the Jacobites at Prestonpans, and proceeded

to Newcastle, . . . . - • . . I3~I5

Returned to Scotland, . . . , ^ • 16

1746. Engaged with the rebels at Falkirk, . o .• - . . 16

1747. Embarked for Ireland, . . . . . 18 1751. Clothing warrant issued and guidons regulated by George n.

Uniform scarlet, facings lemon-yellow, silver lace, . 19

1768. Clothing warrant of George in., .«. .-. *•„ .>;] • -.. 27

1776. Constituted a corps of Light Dragoons, .,;. . '. 32

1784. Uniform changed from scarlet to blue, * -.-.'. . . 34

1794. Two troops embarked for Flanders, . ,;, , «•. 39

1795. Embarked for the West Indies, . . , . 41

1797. Returned to England, . .. . . ^, . 46

1798. Styled the 1 4th Duchess of York's Own Light Dragoons, . 48 Authorised to bear the Prussian Eagle; Facings changed

from lemon-yellow to orange, . .49

1808. Embarked for Portugal, . . . .^ . 54

1809. Engaged at Oporto and Douro, r.., 56 Engaged in front of Talavera, . • ./ 60 Engaged at Talavera, .... , r. „, • 61

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YEAR PAGE

1810. Engaged at Sexmiro, ...... 66

Engaged at Coa, ...... 69

Engaged at Frexadas, ..... 71

Skirmish at Mortagao, .... 71

Engaged in front of Busaco, . . . . . 71

Retreat to Torres Vedras, . . . . 75

Action at Rio Mandevilla, .... 75

Affair at Sobral, . . . . . .76

1811. Affair at Venta de Serra, ..... 78

Skirmishes at Pombal, Redinha, Casal Nova, Foz d'Aronce, . 78

Affair at Sabugal, . . . . . . 79

Affairs at Gallegos and Pogo Velho, . . 80

Battle of Fuentes d'Onor, . . 81

Affair at Carpio, . . . . . . 89

1812. At the siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, . . . 93 At the siege and capture of Badajos, .... 94

Affair at Usagre, near Villa Franca, . . . . 95

Affair at Alaijos, . . . . . . 97

Affair at Castrillos, . . . - . . . 97

Battle of Salamanca, ...... 98

Affair at Penaranda, . . . . . .103

Affair at Blasco Sancho (Corporal Hanley), . .104

Advance on Madrid, . . . . . . 1 1 1

Retirement from Madrid, . . . . . 1 1 1

Engagement at Matilla, . . . .113

General Paget taken prisoner, . . . .113

Behind the Agueda, . . . . . . 113

1813. Advance into Spain, . . . . .117

Engaged near Burgos, . . . . . 117

Affair at Pancorba, . . . . . . 118

Battle of Vittoria, . . . . . . 119

Pursuit of the French to Pampeluna, . . 120

Pursuit to the Pyrenees, . . . . . 120

Capture of a party at Ostiz, . . . . . 120

Capture of a party at Roncesvalles, . . . 120

Capture of ' The Emperor,' . . . . .120

Engaged in the Bastan Valley, . . .124

Skirmish at Almandoz, t , , . . 125

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YEAR PAGE

1813. Skirmish at Pass of Maya, . . . . . 125 Passage of the Nivelle, . . . . . v 126 Passage of the Nive, . . . ' *, lt \ .-/. f ;••.")' 128 Affair near Mendionda, . . ./ ..V. . 128 Affair at Hasparren, . . . i-.-i >, - .: 128 Affair near Cambo, . . ,. ^ • . . 138

1814. Action at Garris, . . . .. ". . . 140,147

Action at Sauveterre, . . . •»,;>.. ~vi 141

Battle of Orthes, . . .... . /. j . 142,148

Engaged at Aire, .. y&us : ;* :, f -,-* • • -.-.-.r- .143,149

Engaged near Pau, . :^.i '> = ,• uJan :.v- .143,150

Engaged at Tarbes, . . . 7< • ,;•' 144

Engaged at St. Gaudens, . . •. . 145

Battle of Toulouse, . . . . : . . 145, 151

End of Peninsular War, . .,. . .. . 146,152

Affair at Clarac, . - . .' . . . 150

Affair at Castel Paget, . . . . . 151

Affair at Vic Bigorre, . . . . . . 151

Embarked for England, . . . . . 158

Reviewed at Hounslow, . . . .' . 158

General Sir T. W. Brotherton, G.C.B., .. . . 176

Embarked for North America (Gulf of Mexico), . . 177

1815. Embarked for England, . . . . * ' . 179 Returned to Hounslow, . . :,, " , 179

1816. Embarked for Ireland, ,rv;4 . .»• . . 180 1819. Returned to England, . . ... . 182

1822. Reviewed at Hounslow, . . 186

1825. Embarked for Ireland, . ... 187

1828. Returned to England, . . . . , 188

1830. Quartered at Brighton, . . . . . 189 Reviewed in London by King William iv., and authorised to

bear the title of the i4th (King's) Light Dragoons, . 189

Uniform changed from blue to scarlet, . . , ; , 1 90

1831. At Birmingham, Coventry, and Gloucester, . . y 191 Engaged in quelling riots at Bristol, . :~.t . ,-; 192 Orange facings changed to blue, . . ,., > 194

1832. Quartered at Hounslow for the Royal Escorts, ;?./; ;. 195 Authorised to bear the King's Crest, . ,, • • •• v, • I95

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YEAR PAGE

1833. Embarked for Ireland, . . . . 196

1834. Guidons discontinued, . 197 1836. Embarked for Scotland, . 198

1838. Returned to England, . . '. . 199

1839. Reviewed at Windsor by Queen Victoria, . . 202

1840. Uniform changed from scarlet to blue, and facings changed

from blue to scarlet, . . . •• . . 204

1841. Left Canterbury, and embarked at Gravesend for Bombay, . 206 At Kirkee, . . . . . - 206

1843. Two squadrons proceeded to Kolapore, . . 208

1845. Two squadrons returned from Kolapore, . . 208 Marched to Bengal, .... 209

1846. At Umballa, ..... . 210

1848. At Ferozepore and Anarkullee (Lahore), . . . 211 One squadron with the expedition into Sikh territory, . 211 Regiment proceeded on service with Army of the Punjaub

under Lord Gough, . . . . 212

Engaged at Ramnuggur on the Chenab, . . . 213-22

1849. Engaged at Chillianwallah, . . . 224-32 Engaged at Goojerat, ...... 233-40

Pursuit to the Khyber, . . . . . 241

At Lahore, . . . . . . 242

1851. At Meerut, ...... 243

1854. Ordered to Crimea, ..... 245

I^55- Orders for Crimea countermanded, .... 246

At Kirkee, ..... . 246

1857. Proceeded on service to Persia, . . . 247 At capture of Mohamra, . .250

Returned to Kirkee, . . . . . . 251

Proceeded to the Deccan, Sattara, and Kolapore on service, . 251

At Aurungabad, . . . . . 253

At Boldana, ....... 255

At Dhar, . • . . • . . . 258-61

With the Malwa and Nerbudda Field Forces at Mundesor, . 262

Engaged at Goraria, . . . . . . 264-67

At Indore, . . . . . . 268

With the Central India Field Force, . . . . 268

Right wing at Sehore, . .".... 269

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YEAR PAGE

1858. Marched from Mhow and Sehore with ist and and Brigades

Central India Field Force, ,.,<. V* f ja'i • • 273

At Rathgur, . . . . . ..--.-. 274

Engaged at Barodia, . . . .,,, ; . , 275

Engaged at Garrakota, . . . . . 277

Forced the Muddenpore Pass, . . . 279

Engaged at Chanderi (Central India), . , . . . 280-82

At Jhansi, .... ,;..,, ,.<, ., 283

Siege of Jhansi, .- ^ ,- .1 '. „ .; 287

Battle of the Betwa, . ;.. , . ,. ; . .;; ry. 289

Lieutenant Leith gains the Victoria Cross, . . > 294

Storming of Jhansi, . . . .... . 297

Major Gall storms a hill at Jhansi, . „ . . 298

Escape of the Ranee, . . . . • • 298

Capture of Jhansi, . . . , . 298

Lieutenant-Colonel Gall captures Lohari Fort, , . . 300

Battle of Koonch, . , . ,. . . 301-305

March on Calpee, . . . 305

Fortress of Calpee, . .... 307

Engagement near Golowlee, . . . 308

Capture of Calpee, . . 311

March on Gwalior, . . . .312

Capture of Morar cantonments, . : , 313

Death of the Ranee of Jhansi, 314

Gwalior Fort captured, .* 317

Engaged at Jowra-Alipore, . .. . 319-20

Services of the Central India Field Force, . . .320-21

Ranode, defeat of Ferozshah, , • 324-26

1858-9. Description of Lieutenant-Colonel Gall, C.B., , . 328

1859. At Kirkee, , 33 l

1860. Embarked for England at Bombay, . .- , 332 At Newbridge, .. . . .* '.- •••• 332

1861. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales dines with regiment, . 335 Converted into Hussars; uniform blue, busby-bags yellow,

plumes white, . . ,r . • 335

At Dundalk, . . . ... 335

1862. At Manchester, . . . ..; 33^ 1864. At Aldershot, . . . . *. » - 337

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1866. At Hounslow, . "; •. . . . . 338 At Buckingham Palace for Hyde Park riots, . . . 339

1867. Quartered in Scotland, . . . . . 340

1868. Embarked for Ireland, . . . . . 341

At Newbridge, .... v > . 341

At Dublin, . . . . . . ' . 341

In south of Ireland on election duty, . . ;•' . 342

1869. Squadron system introduced, . . . . . 343

At Curragh Camp, ...... 344

Quartered at Longford, Limerick, Curragh Camp, and Castlebar, 344-45

1869- } Detached on election duty and in aid of the civil power to

7°- j various places, . . . . . . 345-46

1870. Troop system restored, ; 345 At Cahir, Fethard, Fermoy, Waterford, Clogheen, Carrick-on-

Suir, and Clonmel, ..... 346

1871. At Ballincollig, Cork, Fermoy, Bandon, Limerick, and Clogheen, 347

1872. Employed on election duty in County Kerry and in Galway, . 348 1872-3. At Newbridge and the Curragh, .... 349-50

1873. At Dublin, ..... . 350

1874. Embarked for England, . . . . . 350 At Aldershot, . . . . . . . 351

1875. At Colchester, . . . . . . 352

1876. Embarked for Bombay, ..... 354

Depot to Canterbury, . . . . . . 354

At Bangalore, . -355

1877. Lord Lytton, Governor - General of India, dines with the

officers, and visits regimental theatre, . . . 356

1878. Ordered on active service in Afghanistan, . . . 357 Order countermanded, . • . . . . 358

1880. Lieutenant- Colonel Arbuthnot introduces new regimental

march, 'The King of Prussia,' . . . . 359

1 88 1. Embarked for active service in South Africa, . . - . 359 Landed at Durban, . . . . . -359

Marched into the Transvaal, . . . . . 360

New army pay and promotion warrant issued, . . . 360

At Ladysmith, ...... 360

Embarked for Bombay, ..... 362

1882. At Secunderabad, . . . . . 362 1883-4. At camps of exercise under Lord Roberts, . . . 364-65

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1886. Embarked for England, . . . ' ' . . 367 At Shorncliffe Camp, . . . . ' . k 367

1887. At Jubilee Review, Aldershot, . . . . 369 Regimental Firing Team won Cambridge Challenge Shield at

Wimbledon, . . . . . . 370

1888. Duke of Cambridge lunched with the officers, . . 372 In camp at Aldershot for summer drills, . . •<• 372 At Brighton and Hilsea, i> ' . '.• .'••'• . 373

1889. Regimental Almanack revised and published by Lieutenant-

Colonel H. B. Hamilton, ..... 373

At Aldershot in camp for summer drills, . . . 374

Reviewed by the Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, . 375

1890. 'The Derby' won by Captain Sir James Miller's chestnut

colt 'Sainfoin,' . . . . . -377

Regimental Firing Team won the Cambridge Challenge Shield

at Bisley (second time), . . . . -377

At Cavalry Manoeuvres in Berkshire, . . . . 378

At Hounslow, Hampton Court, and Kensington, . . 379 Officers' ' Dress-Call ' for Mess introduced by Colonel H. B.

Hamilton, ...... 380

1891. Regimental 'Standing Orders' introduced and published by

Colonel H. B. Hamilton, . . . . .381

On duty at Windsor during Emperor of Germany's visit, also

in London, Wimbledon, and at the Crystal Palace, . 382-83

At Aldershot for summer drills, . . . . 383 Regimental Firing Team won the Cambridge Challenge Shield

at Bisley (third time), . . . . .384

At Leeds and Birmingham, ..... 384

1892. At Strensall Camp for summer drills, . . . 385 At Manchester, ...... 386

1893. Employed in aid of the civil power in North Wales, . . 387 Martini- Metford carbines issued, . '. . . 388

1894. At the opening of the Manchester Canal by Her Majesty

Queen Victoria, ...... 389

Embarked for Ireland, . . . . ' . 389

At Cahir, Fethard, Waterford, and Limerick, . . .' 389

1896. At Curragh Camp for summer drills, . . . 392

Lee-Metford magazine carbines issued, . . . 392

Detachments sent to Clogheen and Carrick on-Suir, . . 392

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1897. The new pattern cavalry saddle introduced, . . . 396

At Newbridge and Curragh Camp, . ." . 398

1899 Ordered to mobilise up to war strength, . . 400

Embarked for England, . . .402

At Aldershot, . . . . . , .402

Embarked for active service in South Africa, , . 404

1900. Engaged in the campaign against the Boers, . . 404-29

Major Brown gains the Victoria Cross, . . 419

MISCELLANEOUS Regimental Almanack, . . . . . .431

Regimental Music, .... -435

Table of services at home and abroad, . . 446

Changes in establishment since 1800, . . 447

Changes in uniform since 1715, . 448-52

Guidons, 1715-1834, . . 453'54

Regimental plate, pictures, etc., . . . 455-56

Regimental race cups and lists of winners, .... 457-60

Races won by officers, 1873-90, 1895, an^ 1899, . . 461

Succession of Colonels, . . . . . . 462

Succession of Lieutenant-Colonels, . ... 463

Succession of Adjutants, ...... 465

Memoirs and Services of the Colonels, .... 467-84

Memoirs and Services of the Lieutenant-Colonels, . . . 484-510

List of officers, Dormer's Dragoons, 1715, . . . . 511

Lists of officers, NevilPs Dragoons, 1730 and 1736, . . 511, 512

Lists of officers, Hamilton's Dragoons, 1740 and 1745, . 512, 513

List of officers, Lord Tyrawley's Dragoons, 1752, . . . 513

Alphabetical list of officers, 1 4th Dragoons, 1715-54, . . . 514-16

Army Lists, 1754-1901, ... . 5l7-$9

List of warrant officers, 1881-1900, ..... 560

APPENDIX A (Ramnuggur and Chillian wallah), . . . 561

APPENDIX B (Central India), ..... 582

APPENDIX C (South Africa), . ... 614

INDEX, 621

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOURED PLATES

BY WILLIAM GRIGGS

BADGES AND DISTINCTIONS OF THE REGIMENT, . . Frontispiece

TROOPER, 1715 AND 1742, . . to face page 12

GUIDONS OF THE REGIMENT, 1751, , „ 2o

LIGHT DRAGOON, 1776, . .; ,, 32

OFFICERS, 1808 AND 1812, ... . „ 54

LIGHT DRAGOONS, 1815 ; SERGEANT (Summer Dress), 1831, . „ 178

OFFICERS, 1819, . . ,, 182

GUIDONS OF THE REGIMENT, 1798 AND 1832, . „ 194

GROUP, 1836, . . . . . . „ 198

LIGHT DRAGOONS, 1841; OFFICER, 1851, . . , ,, 204

OFFICERS AND LIGHT DRAGOON, 1859, . . < . ,, 330

OFFICER OF THE REGIMENT (Review Order), 1891, . „ 380

OFFICER AND HUSSAR (Marching Order), 1894, „ 388

GROUP (Undress), 1899, ... „ 400

GROUP (Khaki), 1900, ... . ,, 404

xxviii HISTORICAL RECORD OF

PHOTOGRAVURES BY W. L. COLLS

ROYAL PATRON

His MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY WILLIAM THE FOURTH, KING

OF ENGLAND, Etc. Etc. Etc., .... to face page 190 (Engraving published 1830 by Henry Dawe, from a miniature by J agger, the property of Countess of Enroll.)

ROYAL PATRONESS

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS FREDERICA (PRINCESS ROYAL OF

PRUSSIA), DUCHESS OF YORK, „ 48

(Published by J. Sewell 1791. From the European Magazine. Engraved by Bromley. Painted by Cun- ingham.)

COLONELS

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JAMES DORMER, ., i

(Photographed by H. W. Taunt, from oil painting by Vanlo in collection of Captain Charles W. Cottrell- Dormer of Rousham, Oxon.)

FIELD-MARSHAL JOHN CAMPBELL, FIFTH DUKE OF ARGYLL, . ,, 24

(Photographed by M. Jacolette, of Queen's Gate Hall, South Kensington, from oil painting by Gainsborough in the collection of His Grace the Duke of Argyll.)

GENERAL SIR JOHN O. VANDELEUR, G.C.B., . . ,, 186

(Engraving by Villain of a portrait by Z. Belliard in the collection of Hector S. Vandeleur, Esq.)

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WILLIAM BECKWITH, K.H., . . „ 192

(Copy photograph by Debenham and Gould, Bourne- mouth.)

GENERAL THE HON. SIR HENRY MURRAY, K.C.B., . . „ 244

(Photographed from a pencil sketch (face coloured) by Cosway, belonging to Miss Murray of Wimbledon Lodge.)

GENERAL CHARLES W. THOMPSON, ...."„ 364 (Photo, Fradelle and Young, 283 Regent Street, W.)

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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CLEMENT NEVILLE (OR NEVILL), . to face page 468 (Engraving by John Brooks, from painting by Hoar.)

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL Louis DEJEAN, „ 472

(Engraving by I. Faber. Painted by Ph. Mercier.)

GENERAL CHARLES FITZROY, FIRST LORD SOUTHAMPTON, . „ 474

(From the plate after Sir Joshua Reynolds, by permis- sion of Henry Graves and Company, Limited.)

GENERAL JOHN W. EGERTON, EARL OF BRIDGEWATER, . „ 476

(From a drawing by Edridge, 1805, in the collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Brownlow, etc. etc.)

GENERAL SIR EDWARD KERRISON, BART., G.C.H., K.C.B., . ,, 478

(Engraving by W. G. Edwards. Painted by M. A. Shee, R.A. Published in 1818 by Edwards and Boydell.)

GENERAL H. R. JONES, C.B., ....,, 482

(Photo, Bullock Brothers, now Draycott, 138 The Parade, Leamington.)

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THE HON. CHARLES W. THESIGER, . „ 484

(Copy of photo, Lafayette, 30 Westmoreland Street, Dublin.)

LIEUTENANT-COLONELS COMMANDING

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN BURGOYNE, BART., . . „ 30

(Photo by M. Jacolette, from oil painting by Romney in the collection of Colonel Sir John Montagu Bur- goyne, Bart.)

COLONEL JOHN TOWNSEND, A.D.C., „ 188

(Photo by Charleton and Son, Newbridge, Ireland, of an old oil painting of 1829, in Officers' Mess, I4th Hussars.)

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL CHARLES STEUART, C.B., . . ,, 256