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===Historical books online===
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*[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

Latest revision as of 09:57, 10 December 2023

Also known as 3rd (King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons and the 3rd Light Dragoons.

Chronology

  • 1685 raised as the Duke of Somerset's Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1694 renamed The Queen Consort's Own Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1714 renamed The King's Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 renamed the 3rd (King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1818 renamed 3rd (The King's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1861 renamed the 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars
  • 1921 renamed the 3rd The King's Own Hussars
  • 1958 amalgamated with 7th Queen's Own Hussars to form The Queen's Own Hussars

Service in British India

Due to the return of the 3rd Hussars to England, on 1 October 1879 1 sergeant and 9 privates transferred to the 13th Hussars [1]

British Library holdings

  • Sergeant Pearman's Memoirs: Being, Chiefly, His Account of Service with the Third (King's Own) Light Dragoons in India, from 1845 to 1853, Including the First and Second Sikh Wars by John Pearman. Edited by the Marquess of Anglesey, 1968.
A different, fuller edition of the memoirs appeared in The Radical Soldier's Tale: John Pearman, 1819-1908 by Carolyn Steedman 1988.

External links

Historical books online

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
The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars in the Great War (1914 - 1919) by Lieut.-Colonel Walter Temple Willcox 1925 Archive.org

References