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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130128015314/http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheQueensRoyalIrishHussars.htm The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Collection] archived page from  the then Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum.  Covered the 4th Hussars and the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars]]. This Collection is now not available at that location and  will become part of a new Museum, see following. <br>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130128015314/http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheQueensRoyalIrishHussars.htm The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Collection] archived page from  the then Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum.  Covered the 4th Hussars and the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars]]. This Collection is now not available at that location and  will become part of a new Museum, see following. <br>
*[https://www.queensroyalhussars.org The Queen's Royal Hussars Regimental Association]
*[https://www.queensroyalhussars.org The Queen's Royal Hussars Regimental Association]
**[https://www.queensroyalhussars.org/museum-2/museum-appeal/ Museum Appeal] for a new Museum
*[https://www.qrhmuseum.com The Museum of The Queen's Royal Hussars - Churchill’s Own] in Warwick. Covers the [[3rd (The King's Own) Hussars]], 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars,  the [[7th (Queen's Own) Hussars]] and  the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars]]. Currently closed until April 2024.
***[http://www.qrhmuseum.uk/home The Museum of The Queen's Royal Hussars - Churchill’s Own] in Warwick. Not yet opened. Will cover the 4th Hussars, [[3rd (The King's Own) Hussars]], the [[7th (Queen's Own) Hussars]] and  the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars]].
*[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/05/exploits-of-the-queens-own-light-dragoons-.html "Exploits of the Queen’s Own Light Dragoons"] 09 May 2017 Untold lives blog, British Library.
*[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/05/exploits-of-the-queens-own-light-dragoons-.html "Exploits of the Queen’s Own Light Dragoons"] 09 May 2017 Untold lives blog, British Library.
:[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2019/08/fourth-queens-own-hussars-in-india.html "Fourth ‘Queen’s Own’ Hussars in India"] 13 August 2019 Untold lives blog, British Library.
:[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2019/08/fourth-queens-own-hussars-in-india.html "Fourth ‘Queen’s Own’ Hussars in India"] 13 August 2019 Untold lives blog, British Library.
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** A description of Captain Ogle [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=klhEAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA197&ots=m2ylmWUPiv&dq=Captain%20Ogle%204th%20Light%20Dragoons&pg=PA197#v=onepage&q=Captain%20Ogle%204th%20Light%20Dragoons&f=false page 197]
** A description of Captain Ogle [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=klhEAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA197&ots=m2ylmWUPiv&dq=Captain%20Ogle%204th%20Light%20Dragoons&pg=PA197#v=onepage&q=Captain%20Ogle%204th%20Light%20Dragoons&f=false page 197]
*[https://archive.org/details/rovingcommissino001321mbp/page/n7 ''A Roving Commission My Early Life''] by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill 1930 Archive.org. He arrived in India 1896, as an officer  with the 4th Hussars, who were based in [[Bangalore]]. He took leave from his regiment to join the [[Malakand Field Expedition|Malakand Field Force]] as a correspondent. He subsequently was appointed for a brief period to the [[Tirah Campaign|Tirah Expedition]]. He resigned from the Army and left India 1899.
*[https://archive.org/details/rovingcommissino001321mbp/page/n7 ''A Roving Commission My Early Life''] by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill 1930 Archive.org. He arrived in India 1896, as an officer  with the 4th Hussars, who were based in [[Bangalore]]. He took leave from his regiment to join the [[Malakand Field Expedition|Malakand Field Force]] as a correspondent. He subsequently was appointed for a brief period to the [[Tirah Campaign|Tirah Expedition]]. He resigned from the Army and left India 1899.
*[https://archive.org/details/4thhussarsgtwar/page/n9/mode/2up ''The 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in the Great War''] by Captain H K D Evans  and Major N O Laing 1920 Archive.org


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 10:21, 10 December 2023

Also known as 4th Queen's Own Hussars

Chronology

  • 1685 raised as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons and ranked as the 4th Dragoons
  • 1751 formally titled the 4th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1788 renamed the 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1818 renamed the 4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1861 renamed the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
  • 1921 renamed the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
  • 1958 amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
  • 1993 amalgamated with The Queen's Own Hussars to form The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)

Service in British India

In 1841 the Regiment was under orders to return to England. 150 volunteers ‘disposed to extend their Indian service' transferred to the 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, newly arrived from England, stationed at Kirkee, on 1 October 1841[1]

Due to the return of the 4th Hussars to England, on 1 October 1878 a private transferred to the 13th Hussars[2]

Regimental histories

  • A Short History of the IV. Queen's Own Hussars [by H. G. Watkin, continued by T. W. Pragnell.] Published Meerut, [1923]. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095839
  • A Short History of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars by Major T. J. Edwards 1935. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095841
  • 4th Hussar. The story of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, 1685-1958 by David Scott Daniell, etc. 1959. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095842

External links

"Fourth ‘Queen’s Own’ Hussars in India" 13 August 2019 Untold lives blog, British Library.

Historical books online

References