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Irish Cavalrymen, 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons, in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783. The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1759 and notable for its participation in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War.
Birch leading the 17th Dragoons in the Old South Meeting House, Boston [6]. Birch initially served in the 11th Dragoons during the Seven Years' War. [7] Under the command of John Hale, Birch served as Captain in the newly formed 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons in 1759.
Of the British Army regiments raised during the war, primarily for military service in North America or the Caribbean, only three, the 23rd Light Dragoons and the 73rd and 78th Foot, survived the post-war reductions in the Army. The 23rd Light Dragoons (later the 19th Light Dragoons) served in India until 1806; the 73rd (renumbered 71st in 1786 ...
17th Light Dragoons: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Birch: 333 British foot regiments each contained a company of light infantry, but during the American Revolutionary War these were detached to form the separate Light Infantry Battalion. [4] 2nd Battalion Light Infantry Lieutenant Colonel John Maitland: 799 Jäger Korps Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig ...
Uniforms of the Imperial German Army, 1900–14: Lancers and Dragoons v. 3. Almark Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 978-0855242015. Mollo, John (1972). Military Fashion: Comparative History of the Uniforms of the Great Armies from the 17th Century to the First World War. Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 978-0214653490. Pavlovic, Darko (1999).
The Continental Corps of Light Dragoons was created in 1777 as an element of the third establishment of the Continental Army, raised for the duration of the war as reconnaissance and scouting troops. It consisted of four regiments, each authorized to raise six troops and 280 men.
Colonel Abraham van Buskirk led the attack into Elizabethtown with 300 infantry under his own command and 60 dragoons of the 17th Light Dragoons under the command of Captain William Steward. [1] They also had a party of Loyalist militia, bringing the total number of this body to about 400. [1]
120 dragoons from the 17th Light Dragoons (under Major Crewe) 1st and 2nd Light Infantry Battalions (see account by Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, 2nd Lt. Inf. Bn. in From Redcoat to Rebel: p. 215) Philadelphia Light Dragoons, also referred to as Hovenden's Royal Militia (under Captain Kerr) James' Troop of Provincial Dragoons (under Captain Jacob James)