TWENTY-FIRST HUSSARS.
The first 21st Dragoons was raised at Windsor in 1759 as the “21st Royal Windsor Foresters.” Its uniform was scarlet with blue facings; it was disbanded in 1763.
The second was raised from the Light Troops of the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 15th, and 16th Dragoons in 1779. Its uniform was scarlet with white facings; it was disbanded in 1783.
The third was raised in 1794. Its uniform when raised was scarlet with yellow facings, but in 1815 was blue with black velvet facings; it was disbanded in 1818.