The King's German Legion (KGL; German: Des Königs Deutsche Legion) was a formation of the British Army during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Jun 3, 2018 · 3rd Battalion King's German Legion 3 KGL was part of Du Plat's Brigade. Its light company was detached to form a composite battalion with the other light companies of the Brigade.

The 3rd KGL Hussars was commanded by Lt. Colonel F. L. Meyer, killed at Waterloo. The regiment was part of the Allied 7th Cavalry Brigade (Colonel Sir F. Arenschildt) along with the British 13th Light Dragoons.

The 3rd KGL Hussars broke two squares and the rockets spread such terror through the retiring ranks that order could no longer be preserved, and breaking, the French fled in all directions. [7]

A third KGL Line battalion was forming, from recruits, and there was a detachment of KGL Artillery of about 240 men, with horses stabled on The Down, to pull the guns. A fourth Line Battalion was formed before all the KGL units left Bexhill in October 1805.

The King's German Legion (German: Königlich-Deutsche Legion; K.G.L.) was a large military unit that was formed on 19 December 1803 by order of the British King George III (1738-1820, reigned since 1760), Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Electorate of Hanover"), from Brunswick-Lüneburg troops that had been dissolved by the Convention of Artlenburg...

Feb 9, 2017 · All of the KGL cavalry units acquired battle honors: 1st (Light) Dragoons Garcia Hernandez (July 1812), 2nd (Light) Dragoons Garcia Hernandez, 1st Hussars El Bodon (September 1811, 2nd Hussars Barrossa (May 1811), 3rd Hussars Ghoerde (September 1813).

Lieutenant-General Henry de Hinuber, KCB, KCH (25 January 1767 – 2 December 1833), known in Hanover as Eduard Christoph Heinrich von Hinüber, was a Hanoverian army officer who commanded units of the King's German Legion (KGL) during the Napoleonic Wars.

The King's German Regiment (KGR) and later King's German Legion (KGL) was a amalgamation of primarily Hanoverian recruits from the former Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg when it was overrun by French forces with the resuming of hostilities between France and Britain in 1803. Although initially designed as a regiment with only light infantry ...

A bit of research suggested to me that Lt Col Meyer's 3rd Hussars KGL were active in the Allied centre at Waterloo, helping to see off the French cavalry attacks. I should incorporate them into my La Haye Sainte weekend, and they are worthy of pretty full representation.