1759-66. The 15th Light Dragoons; also (popularly) Eliott's Light Horse
(from its Colonel's name).
1766-69. The 1st, or The King's Royal Light Dragoons.
1769-1806. The 15th, or The King's Royal Light Dragoons.
1806 (from). The 15th, The King's Hussars.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1760-63. Germany.
*1760. Emsdorf.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1762. Friedburg.
1763. Grœbenstein.
1793-95. Flanders.
1793. Valenciennes.
1794. Cateau.
1794. Villers-en-Couché.
1794. Tournay.
1794. Nimeguen.
1795. Guildermalsen.
*1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1808. Sahagun.
1809. Benevente.
1813. Morales.
*1813. Vittoria.
1813. Nivelle.
1814. Orthes.
1814. Toulouse.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Cambray.
1815. Netherlands.
*1878-80. Afghanistan.
1881. Transvaal.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (1759-84); Blue (from 1784). Facings, Green
(1759-66); Dark Blue (1766-84); Scarlet (1784-1822); Blue (from
1822). Plume, Scarlet.
REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Crest of England within the Garter."
Motto: "_Merebimur_," for valour, in Germany in 1766; also a
helmet inscription: "Five Battalions of Foot defeated and taken
by this Regiment, with their Colours and nine pieces of Ordnance,
at Emsdorf, 16 July, 1760." The scarlet plume was also conferred
in 1799 as a distinction.