An official military record compiled in the early nineteenth century, this volume preserves the complete service history of the Seventeenth Regiment of Light Dragoons, later Lancers, from their formation in 1759 through to 1841. Richard Cannon, acting as official historian to the British Army, assembled this document as part of aseries documenting each regiment's campaigns, battles, and notable engagements. The record captures the regiment's movements across decades of imperial service, including their transformation from light dragoons to lancers and their participation in the Napoleonic Wars that reshaped Europe. Beyond mere chronology, the text honors individual acts of bravery, preserving the names and deeds of officers and men who distinguished themselves in combat. For military historians, genealogists tracing family military heritage, and scholars of the Napoleonic era, this volume serves as an invaluable primary source, written while the regiments' memories were still fresh, and drawing on official returns, battle accounts, and personal testimonies. It stands as a window into the daily operations, martial culture, and heroic tradition of one of Britain's cavalry regiments during the age of horse-drawn warfare.
