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*'''1821''' disbanded in Ireland | *'''1821''' disbanded in Ireland | ||
*'''1858''' reformed at Leeds as 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons from a nucleus of 15th Hussars | *'''1858''' reformed at Leeds as 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons from a nucleus of 15th Hussars | ||
*'''1861''' became 18th Hussars | *'''1861''' became '''18th Hussars''' | ||
*'''1903''' renamed the 18th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars | *'''1903''' renamed the 18th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars | ||
*'''1905''' renamed the 18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussarss | *'''1905''' renamed the 18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussarss | ||
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== Service in British India == | == Service in British India == | ||
*''' | *'''1864''' [[Madras]] | ||
*''' | *'''1890''' [[Umballa]] | ||
*''' | *'''1896''' [[Lucknow]] | ||
*'''1896''' [[ | *'''1896''' [[Chitral Campaign]] | ||
*'''1919''' | *'''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 == | == External Links == | ||
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043728/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D18h.htm 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)] www.regiments.org<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 | *[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. | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:05, 21 November 2023
Also known as 18th (Light) Dragoons
Chronology
- 1715 raised as Richard Molesworth's Regiment of Dragoons ranked as 19th Dragoons
- 1718 disbanded
- 1759 reformed as 19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1766 became 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons
- 1769 became 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1805 became 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1805 became 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
- 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
- 1910 renamed the 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
- 1921 renamed the18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
- 1922 amalgamated with the 13th Hussars to form the 13th/18th Hussars
- 1935 became the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
- 1992 consolidated with the 15th/19th King’s Hussars to form the Light Dragoons
Service in British India
- 1864 Madras
- 1890 Umballa
- 1896 Lucknow
- 1896 Chitral Campaign
- 1919 Risalpur
Due to the return of the 18th Hussars to England, on 8 April 1875 2 privates transferred to the 13th Hussars[1]
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 Hussars, 18th Hussars, and 19th Hussars.
External Links
- 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- 18th Royal Hussars Wikipedia
- 13th/18th Hussars Wikipedia
- The Light Dragoons Regimental Association (13th/ 15th/ 18th /19th Hussars/Light Dragoons) including Museums, Images
Historical books online
- Historical Records of the Eighteenth Hussars by Captain Harold Esdaile Malet 1869 Google Books. The regiment sailed for Madras in 1864 page 60
- Pdf downloads available from the 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 Archive.org
- History of 13th-18th (QMO) Hussars 1922-1947
- '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
- Captain Wellby and his 1,000-mile march 09 November 2017 British Library blog.
References
- ↑ The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884 pinetreeweb.com