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AuttieCat | 15 Nov 2019 12:29 p.m. PST |
My question(s) is this: I know that the British, 6th Light Dragoon Regiment did not serve in North America during the American Revolution, but what differences were there between the 6th Light Dragoon Regiment and the 17th Light Dragoon Regiment??? Thank you very much! Tom Semian |
LtJBSz | 15 Nov 2019 2:19 p.m. PST |
I do not believe that there was a 6th Light dragoon regiment, there were 6th Dragoons (Innskilling} and 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers} both heavy cavalry. The 16th Light dragoons served in the AWI and the difference was that they had blue facings and the 17th had white. |
22ndFoot | 15 Nov 2019 2:26 p.m. PST |
Tom, Are you sure there was a 6th Light Dragoon Regiment? In 1759, five complete regiments (the 15th to 19th) of Light Dragoons were formed, and the distinction was made between the light cavalry (Light Dragoon regiments) and the heavy cavalry (Dragoon and Dragoon Guard regiments). After that date, all newly raised regiments of cavalry would be denoted Light Dragoons. By 1783, the 7th to 14th Dragoons had become the 7th to 14th Light Dragoons, and had changed from heavy to light roles. The 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons (the name was adopted in 1751) was, as you say, not deployed during the AWI and its light troop had been disbanded in 1763 at the end of the Seven Years War. They remained "heavy cavalry" throughout the period. They are now part of the Royal Dragoon Guards and the 17th are amalgamated into the Royal Lancers. To the point made above the 6th Dragoon Guards were the 3rd Regiment of Horse (Carabiniers) from 1756 until 1788, when they became the 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards. They didn't become the 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards (Carabineers) until 1826. LtJBSz is correct about the facings and, of course, the 17th had the distinctive "death's head" badge on their helmets. Hope this helps. |
AuttieCat | 15 Nov 2019 2:35 p.m. PST |
22nd Foot, Actually, I am not sure if there was a 6th Light Dragoon Regiment. Somebody I know told me that there was. Unfortunately, I recently moved and my large library is mostly still in boxes and otherwise not usable. Tom S. |
rmaker | 15 Nov 2019 3:43 p.m. PST |
No 6th Light Dragoons. The Dragoons (Light or otherwise) were numbered in a single series (unlike the Dragoon Guards). The 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons were not a Light regiment. The two Light Dragoon regiments that served in America were the 16th and 17th. |
advocate | 16 Nov 2019 7:55 a.m. PST |
The 6th Light Dragoons were the creation of Alan Mallinson for his Hervey novels. As Hervey's career starts in the Peninsula I can't be sure of their earlier battle honours. |
robert piepenbrink | 16 Nov 2019 8:47 a.m. PST |
The 6th Light Dragoons were the creation of Alan Mallinson for his Hervey novels. So they're closely associated with the South Essex and the West Yorkshire Fusiliers? |
advocate | 17 Nov 2019 2:54 a.m. PST |
Indubitably. And don't forget Kipling's Fore and Fit Princess Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen-Anspach's Merther-Tydfilshire Own Royal Loyal Light Infantry, Regimental District 329A. |
rmaker | 17 Nov 2019 12:58 p.m. PST |
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Jeffers | 18 Nov 2019 10:13 a.m. PST |
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