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*''The Campaign in Affghanistan, Journal of an Officer of the Army of the Indus'' by Captain Ogle H.M.4th Lt Drags published 1840 and 1841 in the Asiatic Journal. Google Books. [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107 Chapter 1] [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149 Chapter 2] [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255 Chapter 3] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 Chapter 4] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95 Chapter 5] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA161 Chapter 6] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA254 Chapter 7] | *''The Campaign in Affghanistan, Journal of an Officer of the Army of the Indus'' by Captain Ogle H.M.4th Lt Drags published 1840 and 1841 in the Asiatic Journal. Google Books. [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107 Chapter 1] [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149 Chapter 2] [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255 Chapter 3] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 Chapter 4] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95 Chapter 5] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA161 Chapter 6] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA254 Chapter 7] | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=klhEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan''] by William Taylor, Troop Sergeant-Major, 4th Light Dragoons. 1842 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=klhEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan''] by William Taylor, Troop Sergeant-Major, 4th Light Dragoons. 1842 Google Books | ||
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Revision as of 13:04, 16 November 2011
Also known as 4th Queen's Own Hussars
Contents
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
- 1822 Bay of Cambay and then Kirkee
- 1839 1st Afghan War
- 1867 Bombay
- 1868 Meerut
- 1896 Bangalore
- 1899 Lucknow
- 1902 Meerut
- 1904 Secunderabad
- 1919 Muttra
- 1922 Meerut
- 1924 Lucknow
- 1927 Meerut
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]
External Links
4th Queen's Own Hussars including deployments www.regiments.org, an archived site
4th Queen's Own Hussars Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Wikipedia
Regiment Records shadowsoftime.co.nz
Personal Records shadowsoftime.co.nz
4th Light Dragoons - Regimental Summary www.genes.plus.com
The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Collection at Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum . Covers the 4th Hussars and the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars
Historical books online
- The Campaign in Affghanistan, Journal of an Officer of the Army of the Indus by Captain Ogle H.M.4th Lt Drags published 1840 and 1841 in the Asiatic Journal. Google Books. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
- Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan by William Taylor, Troop Sergeant-Major, 4th Light Dragoons. 1842 Google Books
References
- ↑ "Historical Abstract of the 1st year's service in the East Indies of H. M.'s 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, at Kirkee, under the Bombay Presidency ", page 122 Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume 5 1842
