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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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