Thirteenth Light Dragoons

Coloured aquatint by and after William Heath, published by J Watson, Vere Street, Bond Street, London, 15 Aug 1820. From an album of 18 aquatints entitled 'Military Costume of the British Cavalry, 1820'.

Dragoons were originally mounted soldiers primarily intended to fight on foot, but by the late 18th century most dragoon regiments had evolved into conventional heavy cavalry units. Others, including the 13th, become light dragoon regiments. The 13th fought the forces of Napoleonic France at Albuera (1811), Vitoria (1813) and Waterloo (1815).