13th Hussars

13th Hussars
Badge of the 13th Hussars
Active1715–1922
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1715–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1922)
Branch British Army
TypeLine Cavalry
Size1 Regiment
Nickname(s)The Lily-Whites[1]
The Ragged Brigade[1]
Motto(s)Viret in aeternum (It Flourishes Forever)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Field Marshal Sir Robert Rich

Major-General William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington
Lieutenant-General Henry Hawley
Lieutenant-General Humphrey Bland
Colonel James Gardiner
Major General Sir Charles Powlett
Field Marshal Henry Seymour Conway
General Sir Baker Russell

Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

The 13th Hussars (previously the 13th Light Dragoons) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War and the First World War but then amalgamated with the 18th Royal Hussars, to form the 13th/18th Royal Hussars in 1922.

  1. ^ a b Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.