Notable Soldiers
- John Hamilton Gray (14 June 1811 – 13 August 1887) was Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1863–1865 and one of the Fathers of Confederation, 15th Light Dragoons.
- Major-General Richard William Howard Vyse (1784–1853) was a British soldier, anthropologist and Egyptologist. He was also Member of Parliament for Beverley (from 1807 to 1812) and Honiton (from 1812 to 1818), commissioned 15th Light Dragoons.
- Lieutenant-Colonel John Waldegrave, 6th Earl Waldegrave (1785–1835) was a British peer, 15th Light Dragoons.
- William Jolliffe, 1st Baron Hylton (1800–1876), known as Sir William Jolliffe, 1st Baronet, between 1821 and 1866, was a British Conservative Party politician, 15th Dragoons.
- Henry Langtry (1841–1892) was an Anglo-Irish war hero who served as a Colonel with the 3rd Dragoon Guards in the Abyssinian campaign in 1868, and was present at the storming and capture of Magdala (Medal), Langtry served with the 15th Hussars in the Candahar Column in the Afghan war of 1878.
- Captain Louis Nolan (1818–1854), was a British Army officer, an authority on cavalry tactics, and best known for his controversial role in launching the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava. He was also the first casualty of that engagement, 15th Hussars.
- Lieutenant-General Robert Ballard Long (1771–1825), 15th Light Dragoons.
- Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Murray Ashley Warde CBE (1850–1940), commissioned 19th Hussars, who served as Chief Constable of Kent County Constabulary from 1895 to 1921.
- Air Vice Marshal Sir Frederick Sykes, GCSI, GCIE, GBE, KCB, CMG (1877–1954), commissioned 15th Hussars.
- Colonel Francis de Groot (1888–1969), commissioned 15th Hussars.
- John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil PC, FZS (1919–2006) was a British politician.
- Major Ian Gow TD (1937–1990) was a British Conservative politician assassinated by the IRA.
- Brigader Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head, GCMG CBE MC PC (1906–1983) was a British Member of Parliament, peer and statesman.
- Major General Sir Michael O'Moore Creagh KBE MC (1892–1970) served in both the First and Second World Wars. He commanded the 7th Armoured Division, the Desert Rats, between 1939 and 1941. Commanding Officer 1934-38
- Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet(1899–1968). The fifth Baronet was a Brigadier in the 15th/19th Hussars and was Chief-of-Staff of the Eighth Army from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
- Captain Gerald Maitland-Carew (born 1941) is Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale in Scotland.
- Colonel Sir Walter Luttrell KCVO MC JP (1919–2007).
- Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC (1852–1925), Commanding Officer 19 Hussars 1889-1893.
- Field Marshal Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley GCB OM GCSI KCMG DSO (1869–1950), became Commander-in-Chief, India. Commissioned 19th Hussars.
- Major John Gouriet (born 1935), Commissioned 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars.
- Lieutenant General Simon Mayall, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Commissioned 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars 1979, Deputy Commander Multi-National Corps Iraq 2006.
- Timothy Royle, Founder and Chairman, The Control Risks Group, Commissioned 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars.
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