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Due to the return of the 11th Hussars to England, on 1st July 1877 11 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>
Due to the return of the 11th Hussars to England, on 1st July 1877 11 privates transferred to the [[13th Hussars]]<ref>  [https://www.pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.html The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>
==Regimental Journal==
 
The 11th Husssars under command of  Col. Lyttleton Annesley, consisting of 18 officers, 349 non commissioned officers and men, 25 soldiers' wives and 69 soldiers’ children, arrived at Portsmouth on Monday last [7 January 1878] in Her Majesty’s Indian troopship Malabar, were disembarked Tuesday morning and left Portsmouth Harbour by special train at 10.10am for Colchester, where they arrived about 5pm…<ref> ''Essex Standard'',  Friday 11 January 1878, page 5 </ref>
==Regimental histories==
*''The Historical Records of the Eleventh Hussars, Prince Albert's Own'' by Captain Godfrey Trevelyan Williams. Published London, 1908. Available at the [[British Library]]  UIN: BLL01001095877 .  Available [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001589181 Hathi Trust Digital Library] for those in North America, and some other regions.
*''The History of the Eleventh Hussars - Prince Albert's Own, 1908-1934'' by Captain L. R. Lumley.  Published London, 1936. Available at the British Library  UIN: BLL01002243940. This book is also available on the pay website TheGenealogist as part of the "Regimental Records & Histories"  requiring a [https://www.thegenealogist.com/coverage/military-records/#Regimental%20Records%20&%20Histories Diamond subscription].
 
==Regimental journal==
''The XI Hussars Journal''<br>
''The XI Hussars Journal''<br>
Volumes 1-3 1910-1912 are available at the [[National Army Museum]] and the [[British Library]] appears to have at least some editions from
Volumes 1-3 1910-1912 are available at the [[National Army Museum]] and the [[British Library]] appears to have at least some editions from
Volume 5  no. 4,  October 1914
Volume 5  no. 4,  October 1914
    
    
== External Links ==
== External links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thdragoons.htm 11th Dragoons] British Empire website<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thltdragoons.htm 11th Light Dragoons] British Empire website<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thhussars.htm 11th Hussars] British Empire website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Hussars 11th Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Hussars_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Own) Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Hussars King's Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thdragoons.htm 11th Dragoons] British Empire website<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043718/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D11h.htm 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143559/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d11.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thltdragoons.htm 11th Light Dragoons] British Empire website<br>
[http://www.horsepowermuseum.co.uk/museum.html Horsepower, the Museum of the King’s Royal Hussars]. Covers [[10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars|10th]] and 11th Hussars.<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thhussars.htm 11th Hussars] British Empire website<br>
[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2009-weekly/nos-19-07-2009/foo.htm#1 This link]<ref>[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2009-weekly/nos-19-07-2009/foo.htm#1 "A rock epic"]. An article by Dr Ali Jan about a 1909 regimental rock carving by the [[5th Regiment of Foot|Northumberland Fusiliers]]  at [[Murree]] (now Pakistan) from The News on Sunday 19 July 2009 (jang.com.pk)</ref>,   mentions a headstone at [[Murree]] which reads "Sacred to the memory of Staff Sergeant Farrier J.W Senior, XI P.A.O (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars who died at Lower Topa on the 7th June 1897 Aged 29 years. Erected by his brother N.C. officers as a token of respect."
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Hussars 11th Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Hussars_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Own) Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Hussars King's Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043718/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D11h.htm 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143559/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d11.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
*[https://horsepowermuseum.co.uk/ HorsePower, the Museum of The King's Royal Hussars] located at Winchester, Hampshire. Covers the [[10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars|10th]], [[11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars|11th]], [[14th (King's) Hussars|14th]] and [[20th Hussars]].
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-girls-we-left-behind-the-departure-of-a-troop-of-11th-24253 Painting: 'The Girls We Left Behind', the Departure of a Troop of 11th Hussars for India] by Thomas Jones Barker painted 1866  in the collection of  Horsepower: The Museum of the King’s Royal Hussars. Your Paintings bbc.co.uk. Click on right hand top corner to enlarge.
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_48490#page/n15/mode/2up  ''Historical record of the Eleventh, or the Prince Albert's Own Regiment of Hussars containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715 and of its subsequent services to 1842''] 1843 Archive.org. The Regiment sailed to India in 1819 [http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_48490#page/n95/mode/2up page 71]  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_48490#page/n15/mode/2up  ''Historical record of the Eleventh, or the Prince Albert's Own Regiment of Hussars containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715 and of its subsequent services to 1842''] 1843 Archive.org. The Regiment sailed to India in 1819 [http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_48490#page/n95/mode/2up page 71]
:[https://archive.org/details/eleventhhussarsto1908/page/n11/mode/2up ''The Historical Records of the Eleventh Hussars Prince Albert's Own''] by Captain Godfrey Trevelyan Williams 1908 Archive.org
*"Reminiscences of a Light Dragoon" [in India from 1819 to 1836] from ''Colburn's United Service Magazine'' Google Books. These extracts appear to have been published as the book ''Light Dragoon'' detailed below.
*"Reminiscences of a Light Dragoon" [in India from 1819 to 1836] from ''Colburn's United Service Magazine'' Google Books. These extracts appear to have been published as the book ''Light Dragoon'' detailed below.
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=rRw3AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA574 "No 21" from Part 2 1843, page 574]
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=rRw3AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA574 "No 21" from Part 2 1843, page 574]
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=AuUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA357 "No 22-23" from Part 3 1843, page 357]
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=AuUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA357 "No 22-23" from Part 3 1843, page 357]
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=AuUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA576 "No 24-26" from Part 3 1843, page 576] includes  participation in the [[Jat War]]  
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=AuUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA576 "No 24-26" from Part 3 1843, page 576] includes  participation in the [[Jat War]]  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=l5ggAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Light Dragoon''] by GR Gleig 1853 Google Books (First published 1844 in 2 volumes) The story of Private George Farmer who enlisted in 1808 and was in India 1819-1836. India service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=l5ggAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA203 page 203]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=l5ggAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Light Dragoon''] by GR Gleig 1853 Google Books (First published 1844 in 2 volumes), Written by the Rev G. R. Gleig, chaplain of Chelsea Hospital, from the recollections of a pensioner, George Farmer, who had joined the 11th Hussars in 1808,<ref> [http://www.naval-military-press.com/light-dragoon.html ''Light Dragoon''] Naval & Military Press.</ref> and was in India 1819-1836. India service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=l5ggAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA203 page 203].
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$c16216?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Narrative of the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore''] by J N  Creighton, Captain, 11th Regiment, Light Dragoons,  1830. HathiTrust Digital Library.  Also available at [https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.12964/page/n1  Archive.org], mirror of a file from [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
*[https://archive.org/details/firstsevendivis00hami/page/n7  ''The First Seven Divisions : being a detailed account of the fighting from Mons to Ypres''] by Ernest W Hamilton (Late Captain  11th Hussars) 1916 Archive.org. See [[Western Front]], part of the [[First World War]].


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[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]
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Latest revision as of 10:03, 10 December 2023

Also known as 11th Light Dragoons

Chronology

  • 1715 raised as Colonel Philip Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 renamed the 11th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1783 became the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1840 became the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
  • 1969 amalgamated with the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) to form The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
  • 1992 amalgamated with the 14th/20th King's Hussars to form the King's Royal Hussars

Service in British India

Due to the return of the 11th Hussars to England, on 1st July 1877 11 privates transferred to the 13th Hussars[1]

The 11th Husssars under command of Col. Lyttleton Annesley, consisting of 18 officers, 349 non commissioned officers and men, 25 soldiers' wives and 69 soldiers’ children, arrived at Portsmouth on Monday last [7 January 1878] in Her Majesty’s Indian troopship Malabar, were disembarked Tuesday morning and left Portsmouth Harbour by special train at 10.10am for Colchester, where they arrived about 5pm…[2]

Regimental histories

  • The Historical Records of the Eleventh Hussars, Prince Albert's Own by Captain Godfrey Trevelyan Williams. Published London, 1908. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095877 . Available Hathi Trust Digital Library for those in North America, and some other regions.
  • The History of the Eleventh Hussars - Prince Albert's Own, 1908-1934 by Captain L. R. Lumley. Published London, 1936. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01002243940. This book is also available on the pay website TheGenealogist as part of the "Regimental Records & Histories" requiring a Diamond subscription.

Regimental journal

The XI Hussars Journal
Volumes 1-3 1910-1912 are available at the National Army Museum and the British Library appears to have at least some editions from Volume 5 no. 4, October 1914

External links

Historical books online

The Historical Records of the Eleventh Hussars Prince Albert's Own by Captain Godfrey Trevelyan Williams 1908 Archive.org

References

  1. ↑ The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884 pinetreeweb.com
  2. ↑ Essex Standard, Friday 11 January 1878, page 5
  3. ↑ Light Dragoon Naval & Military Press.

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