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===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00offigoog#page/n5/mode/1up ''Historical record of the Third, or the King’s Own Regiment of Light Dragoons: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1846''] by Richard Cannon (1847) Archive.org. India Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00offigoog#page/n132/mode/1up page 88] in 1837 | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00offigoog#page/n5/mode/1up ''Historical record of the Third, or the King’s Own Regiment of Light Dragoons: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1846''] by Richard Cannon (1847) Archive.org. India Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00offigoog#page/n132/mode/1up page 88] in 1837 | ||
:[https://archive.org/details/thirdhussarsto1903/page/n9/mode/2up ''Historical Record of the Third (King's Own) Hussars. Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and Its Subsequent Services to 1903''] 1903 Archive.org | |||
:[https://archive.org/details/3rdhussarsgtwar/page/n15/mode/2up ''The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars in the Great War (1914 - 1919)''] by Lieut.-Colonel Walter Temple Willcox 1925 Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog ''Cavalry Experiences and Leaves from My Journal''] by Colonel H A Ouvry 1892 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in late 1846 to join the 3rd Light Dragoons, where he took part in the [[2nd Sikh War]] and remained with the regiment until they returned to England. C 1854, he could not afford to remain in England and exchanged into the [[9th Lancers]], arriving back at Umballa in 1855 (page 99) and took part in the [[Indian Mutiny]]. He returned to England in 1859. | *[https://archive.org/details/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog ''Cavalry Experiences and Leaves from My Journal''] by Colonel H A Ouvry 1892 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in late 1846 to join the 3rd Light Dragoons, where he took part in the [[2nd Sikh War]] and remained with the regiment until they returned to England. C 1854, he could not afford to remain in England and exchanged into the [[9th Lancers]], arriving back at Umballa in 1855 (page 99) and took part in the [[Indian Mutiny]]. He returned to England in 1859. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/mylifeassoldiers00scot/page/n9 ''My life as Soldier and Sportsman''] by J. Robson Scott, Major, late 3rd Hussars | *[https://archive.org/details/mylifeassoldiers00scot/page/n9 ''My life as Soldier and Sportsman''] by J. Robson Scott, Major, late 3rd Hussars | ||