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From: "EDWARD T. SURKOSKY" <>
Subject: Fw: [SWITZ] Dragoner Corporal
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 23:23:58 -0500


Dragoons were more of a mounted infantry. A step or two below the cavalry.
Were not necessarily trained for fighting from horseback as the cavalry was.
They were also more heavily armed.

Ed Surkosky -
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Hobart <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [SWITZ] Dragoner Corporal


> >
> > Can anyone on the list shed some light on the title "Dragoner
> > Corporal"? A Swiss birth record for one of my ancestors lists one
> > witness, a brother of the father, and gives this title after the name.
> >
> >
> > Christian Luginbuhl
> > Flagstaff AZ
>
> Christian, I would assume that this meant a corporal of Dragoons, a type
of
> cavalry unit. For a further discussion check a
dictionary/encylopedia/work
> on military history.
>
> Regards, Mike Hobart
>
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