Madan also served as a colonel in the Dragoon Guards.
He became a captain in the 1st Dragoon Guards.
There was a successful charge by the British 7th Dragoon Guards on the last day of the war.
As a young man, he held a commission in the Dragoon Guards.
He joined the 2nd Dragoon Guards as a cornet in 1794.
He fought in both world wars and wrote a history of his regiment, the 3rd Dragoon Guards.
He started his military career as a Coronet at the 7th Dragoon Guards.
In 1829 he was promoted to the Fourth Dragoon Guards.
He served in the 5th Dragoon Guards from 1864 to 1866.
Taylor was commissioned into the 6th Dragoon Guards in 1829.