Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikwata chekutanga kutakura zita rekuti 22nd Dragoons chakamutswa muna 1716. Rinozivikanwawo seViccount Mountjoy's Regiment of Dragoons, rakaonekwa paArmy List musi wa 16 Kukadzi 1716, asi rakaparadzwa muna 1718. Muna 1779, John, Ishe Sheffield vakasimudza chikwata chevarwi vechiedza icho chainzi 22nd (Light) Dragoons, asi ichi chakaparadzwa muna 1783. Musi wa24 Kukadzi 1794, William, Viscount Feilding akasimudza rimwe remauto kuti ashandise zita rekuti 22nd (Light) Dragoons; iro boka rakazoramba riripo kwenguva yakati rebei, richiparadzwa muna 1802 nekutanga kwerunyararo. Zvisinei, 25th Dragoons (yakasimudzwa kuti ishumire muIndia naFE Gwyn musi wa 9 Kurume 1794) yakaverengerwa 22nd (Chiedza) Dragoons mugore iroro. Iyi 22nd (Light) Dragoons regiment yakashanda mukati meHondo dzeNapoleonic, idzo dzakatanga muna 1803. Chikwata ichi chakashanda muIndia, uko chakagara kusvika muna 1813. Munguva iyi yakapinda muBritish Invasion yeJava (1811)
. Chiremera chakaparadzwa muna 1820.