14th King's Hussars

[8] Then seven troops were detached and deployed to the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1795 during the Haitian Revolution;[9] they took part in an action at Mirebalais in June 1797 in which they helped defeat 1,200 ex-slaves who were sympathetic to new regime in France.

[11] The regiment was dispatched to Lisbon in December 1808 to join Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army which was engaged in the Peninsular War.

[25] The regiment went back to England in July 1814,[26] but deployed two squadrons to North America where, dismounted, they took part in the Battle of New Orleans on 8 January 1815 in the closing stages of the War of 1812.

[32] The commanding officer of the regiment, Colonel William Havelock, led a charge, apparently without orders, at the Battle of Ramnagar in November 1848 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War.

After a further charge failed, Brigadier Charles Cureton, the commander of the cavalry division to which the troops belonged, galloped up and ordered a retreat.

[32] Major James Leith was awarded the Victoria Cross during this campaign;[35] the regiment were ordered home in February 1860.

[2] The regiment arrived in South Africa in January 1900 and took part in the relief of Kimberley in February 1900 during the Second Boer War.

A private of the 14th Dragoons ( David Morier , 1750)
Captain Peter Hawker of the 14th Light Dragoons, James Northcote c. 1812.
The 14th Light Dragoons fighting against French hussars in the Peninsular War
Uniform of the 14th Light Dragoons, 1847
Carte-de-Visite of a lieutenant in the 14th (King's) Hussars. Maull & Co. Studios , London, 1867
The 14th King's Hussars resting at the roadside on their way back from the third action of Jebel Hamrin , December 1917.