CAVALRY
Regimental Records: In the case of the Guards and Cavalry, they are reported separately in the "Distribution of Troops" returns in the National Archives.
Cavalry in Upper and Lower Canada included:
1st Dragoon Guards 1839-43
(Ontario and Quebec)
7th Hussars
1838-43 (Quebec)
13th Hussars
1866-69 (Ontario and Quebec)
19th Light Dragoons
1813-16 (Ontario and Quebec)
1st (King's) Dragoon Guards
1838 - 1844
In July 1838, two compaines of King's
Dragoon Guards and one company of Royal Artillery left Lower Canada for
Niagara.
6th Dragoon
1861 - 1863
The 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
1838 - 1842
The regiment was employed in Canada during
the insurrection of 1838-39.
The 13th Hussars
1866 - 1869
The regiment was sent to Canada at the
time of the Trent difficulty, and served there for nearly two years.
19th Dragoons
1811 - 1824
This regiment later became The 19th (Princess
of Wales's Own) Hussars and holds a battle honour for Niagara. In 1813-14
two squadrons, which had been sent out to America, saw some very rough
service on the Niagara Frontier. The regiment named The 19th Lancers was
disbanded in 1821.
21st Dragoons
1846 - 1850
24th Dragoons
1807
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