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== Service in British India == | == Service in British India == | ||
*''' | *'''1803''' [[2nd Maratha War]] | ||
*''' | *'''1812''' Campaign against Meer Khan | ||
*''' | *'''1814''' [[Gurkha War]] | ||
*''' | *'''1816''' [[3rd Maratha War]] | ||
*''' | *'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]] | ||
*''' | *'''1861''' [[Meerut]] | ||
*''' | *'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War]] | ||
*''' | *'''1881''' [[Rawalpindi]] | ||
*''' | *'''1885''' [[Meerut]] | ||
*'''1909''' [[Lucknow]] | |||
*''' | *'''1913''' [[Umballa]] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 09:44, 23 July 2009
Also known as 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
Chronology
- 1693 raised in Derry as Henry Conyngham's Regiment of Dragoons and ranked as the 8th Dragoons
- 1751 formally titled the 8th Regiment of Dragoons
- 1775 renamed the 8th Regiment of Light Dragoons
- 1777 renamed the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1822 renamed the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
- 1861 renamed the 8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars
- 1921 renamed the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
- 1958 amalgamated with the 4th Queen's Own 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
- 1803 2nd Maratha War
- 1812 Campaign against Meer Khan
- 1814 Gurkha War
- 1816 3rd Maratha War
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1861 Meerut
- 1878 2nd Afghan War
- 1881 Rawalpindi
- 1885 Meerut
- 1909 Lucknow
- 1913 Umballa
External Links
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars www.regiments.org
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Wikipedia