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*'''1969''' amalgamated with the [[11th Light Dragoons|11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)]] to form The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own).
*'''1969''' amalgamated with the [[11th Light Dragoons|11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)]] to form The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own).
== Service in British India ==
== Service in British India ==
[[Image:AfghanMemorial10thHussars.jpg|300px|thumb| Memorial to those who died in the Afghan Campaign in 1878-9. Click on the image to enlage it, and then click again for futher enlargement.All the names are clearly visible]].
*'''1846''' India
*'''1846''' India
*'''1873''' [[Muttra]]
*'''1873''' [[Muttra]]
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**[http://www.majorpillinger.com/portfolio.php Photographs] include Rawal-Pindi 1910
**[http://www.majorpillinger.com/portfolio.php Photographs] include Rawal-Pindi 1910
**[http://www.majorpillinger.com/reg_hist.php Regimental History 1878-1906] includes extracts from a regimental publication ''A Short History of the Xth P.O.W. Royal Hussars'' by Lieut-Colonel John Vaughan and Major Roland Pillinger including Chapter VII "The Afghan War"
**[http://www.majorpillinger.com/reg_hist.php Regimental History 1878-1906] includes extracts from a regimental publication ''A Short History of the Xth P.O.W. Royal Hussars'' by Lieut-Colonel John Vaughan and Major Roland Pillinger including Chapter VII "The Afghan War"
**[http://www.majorpillinger.com/preface.php Preface] includes reference to, including a drawing of,  a Memorial to the Soldiers of the Regiment lost in the Afghan Campaign in 1878-9.  One Officer and 46 NCOs and men were drowned crossing the Cabul River and a further 38 men died of cholera on the way back to Rawal Pindi, when an outbreak set upon the Regiment in the Khyber Pass.
**[http://www.majorpillinger.com/preface.php Preface] includes reference to, including a drawing of,  a Memorial to the Soldiers of the Regiment lost in the Afghan Campaign in 1878-9.  One Officer and 46 NCOs and men were drowned crossing the Cabul River and a further 38 men died of cholera on the way back to Rawal Pindi, when an outbreak set upon the Regiment in the Khyber Pass. This image is also displayed [[10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars#Service in British India|above]]  with all the names clearly visible.
*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/fordokabul.php Ford o' Kabul River The river disaster of the 10th Hussars 31 March 1879] by Garen Ewing  garenewing.co.uk
*[http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/articles/fordokabul.php Ford o' Kabul River The river disaster of the 10th Hussars 31 March 1879] by Garen Ewing  garenewing.co.uk
*[http://www.horsepowermuseum.co.uk/march2012highlight.html Ford o' Kabul River] horsepowermuseum.co.uk
*[http://www.horsepowermuseum.co.uk/march2012highlight.html Ford o' Kabul River] horsepowermuseum.co.uk

Revision as of 13:29, 17 September 2012

Also known as 10th Light Dragoons

Chronology

  • 1715 raised as Humphrey Gore's Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 renamed the 10th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1783 became the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1806 became the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
  • 1861 became the 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars
  • 1921 became the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
  • 1969 amalgamated with the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) to form The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own).

Service in British India

Memorial to those who died in the Afghan Campaign in 1878-9. Click on the image to enlage it, and then click again for futher enlargement.All the names are clearly visible

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Regimental journal

The National Army Museum’s online catalogue lists

  • The 10th Hussars gazette: vol 1: 1907; vols 2-3: 1908 – 1910; vols 4-5: 1910 - 1912
  • The 10th Royal Hussars gazette : vols 8-9: 1929 – 1930; vol 10: 1930 – 1931; together with later editions

External Links

Historical books online