15th / 19th (The King's) Hussars

A fine officer's silver gilt and enamel cap badge with 2 loops to reverse . Of 3 part construction. Ref K&K Vol 1 item 778 p215.

The 15th The King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. First raised in 1759, it saw service over two centuries, before being amalgamated with the 19th Royal Hussars into the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars in 1922.

One of the regiment’s officers in the Crimea was Louis Edward Nolan, whose behaviour as an aide-de-camp helped launch the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade, in which he and the regiment took part.

The regiment spent the whole of the First World War on reconnaissance and dismounted duties on the Western Front, before being merged with the 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra’s Own) in 1922 to form the 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars

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