13th Uhlan Regiment Gefreiter Ulanka

The King’s German Legion comprised Hanoverian exiles. When Napoleon overran Hanover in 1803, King George III invited them to fight for freedom in Britain. They were a literal army in exile.

Per AKO Dd 24 January 1899: Kaiser Wilhelm II awards two Ulanen Regiments of Hanover; tradition bearers of the old Regiments of Hanover; the Peninsula-Waterloo-Garzia Hernandez Battle Honours.

Illustration

“Charge of the Heavy Dragoons of the King’s German Legion at García Hernández, 23 July 1812.”
- Richard Knötel, 1914
Yep! King George also took many of the best men from the Brunswick Ducal Corps for his KGL.
 
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