15th The King's Hussars

[3] The regiment were largely responsible for the victory, suffering 125 of the 186 allied casualties at the Battle of Emsdorf in July 1760.

[5] The regiment charged the French rear guard twice at the Battle of Wilhelmsthal in June 1762[6] and then returned home in July 1763.

[13] The regiment returned to England in December 1795[14] and was next in action at the Battle of Alkmaar in October 1799 during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland.

[2] It landed at Corunna in November 1808 for service in the Peninsular War[15] and defeated two regiments of French cavalry at the Battle of SahagĂșn in December 1808.

[19] The regiment were ordered to support Sir Arthur Wellesley's Army on the Iberian Peninsula and landed at Lisbon in February 1813.

[25] The regiment was recalled for the Hundred Days and landed at Ostend in May 1815:[26] it took part in a charge at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815[27] and returned to England in May 1816.

[28] The regiment played a pivotal role in the notorious Peterloo Massacre in August 1819, when a 60,000 strong crowd calling for democratic reform were charged by the Yeomanry.

Panic from the crowd was interpreted as an attack on the Yeomanry and the Hussars (led by Lieutenant Colonel Guy L'Estrange) were ordered in.

A 1760 painting of a private of the 15th Light Dragoons by David Morier
15th Kings Light Dragoon button
Louis Nolan , an officer of the 15th Hussars who gained notoriety as the bearer of the ill-fated order precipitating the Charge of the Light Brigade
Officer of the 15th King's Hussars mounted on his Charger, c.1830
Charles Ernest Garforth V.C.