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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016045029/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D04h.htm 4th Queen's Own Hussars] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071218194911/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d04.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016045029/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D04h.htm 4th Queen's Own Hussars] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071218194911/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d04.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Queen's_Own_Hussars 4th Queen's Own Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Queen's_Own_Hussars 4th Queen's Own Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars_(The_Queen%27s_Own_and_Royal_Irish) Queen's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars_(The_Queen%27s_Own_and_Royal_Irish) Queen's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/fourths.html Regiment Records] shadowsoftime.co.nz<br>
*Wendy Leahy’s [http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/index.html Shadows of Time] includes
[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/4ths/fourths.html Personal Records] shadowsoftime.co.nz<br>
**[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/india.html Records relating to the 4th Light Dragoons in India]
[http://www.genes.plus.com/ARMYLIST/Dragoons.htm 4th Light Dragoons - Regimental Summary] www.genes.plus.com <br>
**[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/4ths/dragoon.html 4th Light Dragoons Personal Records]
[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 4th Hussars and the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars]]<br>   
**[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/fourths.html 4th Light Dragoons: Regiment Records]
*[http://www.genes.plus.com/ARMYLIST/Dragoons.htm 4th Light Dragoons - Regimental Summary] www.genes.plus.com <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 4th Hussars and the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars]]<br>   


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 11:15, 26 May 2012

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]

External Links

Historical books online

References