7th Light Dragoons

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The 7th Light Dragoons was a British Army cavalry regiment that served in the 18th and 19th centuries, later becoming known as the 7th Queen's Own Hussars.

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7th Light Dragoons canonical 1
7th Regiment of Dragoons 1

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cavalry regiment ⓘ
activeDuringCentury 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch British monarch ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
conflictParticipation French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
colonial wars of the British Empire ⓘ
convertedTo hussar regiment ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
equipment carbines ⓘ
horses ⓘ
sabres ⓘ
garrison British India ⓘ
various stations in the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeriod Georgian era ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
laterKnownAs 7th Queen's Own Hussars ⓘ
militaryFunction line cavalry ⓘ
pursuit of broken enemy formations ⓘ
militaryUnitType light dragoons ⓘ
linked to: Light Dragoons
notableEngagement Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
Indian campaigns ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
Waterloo Campaign ⓘ
notableTheatre Europe ⓘ
India ⓘ
partOf British cavalry ⓘ
precededBy 7th Regiment of Dragoons ⓘ
linked to: 7th Light Dragoons
regimentalNumber 7 ⓘ
regimentalTradition British cavalry traditions ⓘ
role light cavalry ⓘ
serviceBranchRole mounted shock action ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
screening ⓘ
successor 7th Queen's Own Hussars ⓘ
uniformType light cavalry uniform ⓘ

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Benjamin d’Urban → militaryUnit → 7th Light Dragoons ⓘ
7th Light Dragoons → precededBy → 7th Regiment of Dragoons ⓘ
linked to: 7th Light Dragoons