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From 1766 to 1769 the regiment was renamed the 1st (or The King’s Royal) Regiment of Light Dragoons, before returning to the number 15 for the rest of its existence. It was converted into hussars in 1807, before being sent to Spain where it notably took part in the Battle of Sahagun (1808).
In 1819 the regiment provided most of the cavalry sent to keep order at the demonstration in Manchester which ended in the 'Peterloo Massacre'.
One of the regiment’s officers in the Crimean War (1854–1856) was Louis Edward Nolan, whose behaviour as an aide-de-camp helped launch the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade, in which he and the regiment took part.
National Army Museum
London
Title
Officer of the 15th Light Dragoons (Hussars)
Date
1825
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 75 x W 60 cm
Accession number
NAM. 1966-08-16
Acquisition method
gift from Mrs A. Game, 1966
Work type
Painting
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, Greater London SW3 4HT England
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