[4] The regiment's last deployment to Afghanistan was on Operation Herrick 16 in April 2012. The Light Dragoons (LD) is a cavalry regiment in the British Army. Regimental Service: Major in 11th Light Dragoons 14 December 1809 (vice Sleigh); brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 4 June 1814; to half-pay of 60th Foot 24 June 1819; Colonel of 2nd Dragoons 24 May 1852 Service 1793-1815: Served in Flanders 1794-1795; served at helder 1799; commanded 11th Light Dragoons detachment in Egypt 1801; served in Peninsula June 1811 to June 1813; served at Waterloo The 13th Hussars (previously the 13th Light Dragoons) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715. In the Great War (1914-18) the four regiments fought in France, both mounted and in the trenches on the Western Front, and some of them on horseback in the Middle East. In May 2003 the Regiment deployed to Iraq as part of a large force to assist with the stabilisation of the country post conflict. Pen and Sword books . [5] The regiment deployed as a battle group on Operation Herrick 10 in April 2009 and took part in Operation Panther's Claw in the summer of 2009. For all of those initial tours the Light Dragoons deployed on Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked (CVRT). Currently based in Swanton Morley, Norfolk, they are commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Angus Watson MBE. Lieutenant General James Dormer, founder of the Regiment, 22nd July 1715. The regiment was closely involved, undertaking several cavalry charges, in the action leading up to the capture of the French Garrison of Belle Île in April 1761 during the Seven Years' War. Their third charge drove back the French and turned the battle in favour of the British while George Daraugh, a Dragoon from the 4th, won the Regiment and himself great fame. To the offical website for The Second Regiment Light Dragoons, Tallmadges's Troop. The regiment has a light cavalry role and specialises in mounted and dismounted reconnaissance. The 6 troops of lighthorse were commanded by Colonel Theodorick Bland who gave his cousin, Captain "Lighthorse" Henry Lee, command of the 5th troop. They were reviewed at Winchester on 15th April 1795. The Light Dragoons was first raised in the middle of the 18th century and quickly became noted for their scouting expertise and courage. When their jackets changed from blue to red in the 1830s, they kept their buff facings, as they also did by special authority when they became hussars. Charles Anthony Gilbert Wells, CBE, 2019–Present: Lt Col Thomas R. M. Robinson. From 1816 more Light Dragoon regiments were reclassified as lancers or hussars, a tendency that continued throughout the 19th century. History: This regiment was originally styled the 26th Light Dragoons but was ordered on 10 March 1803 to be considered the 23rd Light Dragoons. 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