Editing Dragoon (section)

=== British Army ===

Between 1806 and 1808, the 7th, 10th, 15th and 18th regiments of Light Dragoons of the British Army were re-designated as [[hussars]] and when the [[Napoleonic Wars]] ended in 1815, some became [[lancer]]s. The transition from dragoons to hussars was however a slow one, affecting uniforms but not equipment and functions. Even titles often remained ambiguous until 1861, for example, 18th King's Light Dragoons (Hussars).{{Sfn|Barthorp|1984|pp=61 & 64}}

The seven regiments of Dragoon Guards served as the heavy cavalry arm of the British Army, although unlike continental [[cuirassier]]s they carried no armour.{{Sfn|Rowe|2004|p=}} Between 1816 and 1861, the other twenty-one cavalry regiments were either disbanded or rebadged as lancers or hussars.{{Sfn|Barthorp|1984|p=24}}{{Efn|The seven Dragoon Guards regiments were the [[1st King's Dragoon Guards]], [[2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)]], [[3rd Dragoon Guards]], [[4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards]], [[5th Dragoon Guards]], [[Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards)]] and the [[7th Dragoon Guards]]. In addition, there were 24 cavalry of the line regiments; [[1st The Royal Dragoons]], the [[Royal Scots Greys]]; [[3rd The King's Own Hussars]]; the [[4th Queen's Own Hussars]]; [[5th Royal Irish Lancers]] (disbanded in 1799 and reformed in 1858); the [[6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons]], the [[7th Queen's Own Hussars]], the [[8th King's Royal Irish Hussars]], the [[9th Queen's Royal Lancers]], the [[10th Royal Hussars]], the [[11th Hussars]], the [[12th Royal Lancers]], the [[13th Hussars]], the [[14th King's Hussars]], the [[15th The King's Hussars]], the [[16th The Queen's Lancers]], the [[17th Lancers]], the [[18th Royal Hussars]], the [[19th Royal Hussars]], the [[20th Hussars]], the [[21st Lancers]], the [[22nd Dragoons]], the [[23rd Light Dragoons]], the [[24th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons]] and [[25th Dragoons]] (renumbered as the 22nd Dragoons in 1802).}}