19th Light Dragoons

19th Light Dragoons
Squadron guidon of the 19th Light Dragoons
Active1781–1821
Disbanded1821
CountryUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
TypeCavalry
RoleDragoon
SizeRegiment
EngagementsThird and Fourth Anglo-Mysore Wars (1790–1792 & 1798–1799) including: Cannanore; Bangalore; Seringapatam (1792); Pondicherry; Mallavelly; Seringapatam (1799)
Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) including: Assaye; Argaon
Vellore Mutiny (1806)
War of 1812 (1812–1815) including: Fort George; Buffalo; Lundy's Lane; Fort Erie
Battle honoursSeringapatam
Assaye
Niagara

The 19th Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army created in 1781 for service in British India. The regiment served in India until 1806, and in North America during the War of 1812, and was disbanded in Britain in 1821.


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