For the regiment known as 19th Light Dragoons until 1763, see 18th Royal Hussars.
19th Light Dragoons
Squadron guidon of the 19th Light Dragoons
Active
1781–1821
Disbanded
1821
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
British Army
Type
Cavalry
Role
Dragoon
Size
Regiment
Engagements
Third 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 honours
Seringapatam Assaye Niagara
Military unit
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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