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*'''1821''' disbanded in Ireland
*'''1858''' reformed at Leeds as 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons from a nucleus of 15th Hussars
*'''1861''' became '''18th Hussars'''
*'''1903''' renamed the 18th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
*'''1905''' renamed the 18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussarss
*'''1919''' Risalpur
Due to the return of the 18th Hussars to England, on 8 April 1875 2 privates transferred to the [[13th Hussars]]<ref> [http://pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.htm The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>
==Regimental histories==
*''Light Dragoons : the Origins of a New Regiment'' by Allan Mallinson. 1993. Available at the [[British Library]] BLL01008113929 . A later 2006 edition was published under the title ''Light Dragoons : the Making of a Regiment''. Covers the [[13th Hussars]], [[15th (The King's) Hussars|15th Hussars]], 18th Hussars, and [[19th Hussars]].
== External Links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043728/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D18h.htm 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118041209/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d18.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080124050552/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D13-18h.htm 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071024090222/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d13-18h.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Royal_Hussars 18th Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th/18th_Hussars 13th/18th Hussars] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/ The Light Dragoons Regimental Association] (13th/ 15th/ 18th /19th Hussars/Light Dragoons) including [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/museums.html Museums], [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/gallery.html Images] ===Historical books online===*[http://books.google.com/books?id=djYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR2 ''Historical Records of the Eighteenth Hussars''] by Captain Harold Esdaile Malet 1869 Google Books. The regiment sailed for Madras in 1864 [http://books.google.com/books?id=djYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA60 page 60]*Pdf downloads available from the [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/downloads.html Light Dragoons Regimental Association] include**''Historical Memoirs of the XVIII (POW) Hussars'' likely to be ''The Historical Memoirs of the XVIIIth Hussars (Princess of Wales's Own)'' Collected and arranged by Colonel Harold Malet, published 1907**''Memoirs of the 18th (QMO) Royal Hussars 1906-1922'' likely to be ''The Memoirs of the 18th - Queen Mary's Own - Royal Hussars, 1906-1922, including operations in the Great War'' by Brig.-General Charles Burnett, published 1926. *:This title is also available [https://archive.org/details/18thhussars1906_1922/page/n9/mode/2up Archive.org]**''History of 13th-18th (QMO) Hussars 1922-1947''*[https://archive.org/details/twixtsirdarmenel00welliala/mode/2up '''Twixt Sirdar & Menelik; an account of a year's expedition from Zeila to Cairo through unknown Abyssinia''] by the late Captain M S Wellby 18th Hussars 1901. Archive.org:[https://blogs.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/2017/11/captain-wellby-and-his-1000-mile-march.html Captain Wellby and his 1,000-mile march] 09 November 2017 British Library blog. == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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