TWENTIETH HUSSARS.
The first 20th Dragoons was raised in Ireland in 1759 as the “20th Inniskilling Light Dragoons.” Its uniform was scarlet with black facings; it was disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised from the Light Troops of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, 1st, 6th, and 11th Dragoons, in 1779. Its uniform was scarlet with yellow facings; it was disbanded in 1783.
The third was raised as “the Jamaica Light Horse” in 1791, made 20th Light Dragoons in 1794; it served in Egypt in 1807, and during the Peninsula war at Vimiero, &c. Its uniform when raised was blue with yellow facings, which were afterwards changed to orange; it was disbanded in 1818.