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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/8thhussars.htm  8th Hussars] Britishempire.co.uk<br>
 
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/8thhussars.htm  8th Hussars] Britishempire.co.uk<br>
 
*[http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheQueensRoyalIrishHussars.htm The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Collection] at [http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/ Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum] . Covers the 8th Hussars and the [[4th Hussars|4th Queen's Own Hussars]]
 
*[http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheQueensRoyalIrishHussars.htm The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Collection] at [http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/ Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum] . Covers the 8th Hussars and the [[4th Hussars|4th Queen's Own Hussars]]
*[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-viii-king-s-royal-irish-hussars-1693-1927.html Naval and Military Press] have published a two volume ''History of the VIII King’s Royal Irish Hussars 1693-1927'' by Rev R H Murray, a reprint, originally published in 1928. Available to purchase through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845741420 FIBIS Shop]
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*[http://www.victorianwars.com Victorain Wars Forum]
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5964#p23472 Image of an 8th Hussar in Afghanistan] during the [[2nd Afghan War]] Victorian Wars Forum
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===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Cj8oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India: during the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858''] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Isabella_Duberly Frances Isabella Locke Duberly] (Wikipedia) whose husband, Captain Henry Duberly, was the paymaster to the 8th Royal Irish Hussars 1859 Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Cj8oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India: during the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858''] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Isabella_Duberly Frances Isabella Locke Duberly] (Wikipedia) whose husband, Captain Henry Duberly, was the paymaster to the 8th Royal Irish Hussars 1859 Google Books

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Also known as 8th Regiment of Light Dragoons

Chronology

  • 1693 raised in Derry as Henry Conyngham's Regiment of Dragoons and ranked as the 8th Dragoons
  • 1751 formally titled the 8th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1775 renamed the 8th Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1777 renamed the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1822 renamed the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
  • 1861 renamed the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars
  • 1921 renamed the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
  • 1958 amalgamated with the 4th Queen's Own 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 1884 due to the return of the 13th Hussars to England, 24 privates transferred to the 8th Hussars[1]

Regimental Journal

The Crossbelts, The Journal of the VIII King's Royal Irish Hussars. The British Library has Vol. 1. no. 1-Vol. 5. no. 2. 1927-1952/53.. Not published from 1940 to 1944.

External Links

Historical books online

References