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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118042106/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D08h.htm 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars] www.regiments.org<br> | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118042106/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D08h.htm 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143554/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d08.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_King's_Royal_Irish_Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_King's_Royal_Irish_Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars_(The_Queen%27s_Own_and_Royal_Irish) Queen's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars_(The_Queen%27s_Own_and_Royal_Irish) Queen's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://www.qrh.org.uk/history5a.htm History, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars] qrh.org.uk<br> | *[http://www.qrh.org.uk/history5a.htm History, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars] qrh.org.uk<br> | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/8thhussars.htm 8th Hussars] Britishempire.co.uk<br> | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/8thhussars.htm 8th Hussars] Britishempire.co.uk<br> | ||
[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-viii-king-s-royal-irish-hussars-1693-1927.html Naval and Military Press] have published a two volume ''History of the VIII King’s Royal Irish Hussars 1693-1927'' by Rev R H Murray, a reprint originally published in 1928 | *[http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheQueensRoyalIrishHussars.htm The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Collection] at [http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/ Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum] . Covers the 8th Hussars and the [[4th Hussars|4th Queen's Own Hussars]] | ||
*[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-viii-king-s-royal-irish-hussars-1693-1927.html Naval and Military Press] have published a two volume ''History of the VIII King’s Royal Irish Hussars 1693-1927'' by Rev R H Murray, a reprint, originally published in 1928. Available to purchase through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845741420 FIBIS Shop] | |||
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5964#p23472 Image of an 8th Hussar in Afghanistan] during the [[2nd Afghan War]] Victorian Wars Forum | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Cj8oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India: during the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858''] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Isabella_Duberly Frances Isabella Locke Duberly] (Wikipedia) whose husband, Captain Henry Duberly, was the paymaster to the 8th Royal Irish Hussars 1859 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=Cj8oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India: during the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858''] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Isabella_Duberly Frances Isabella Locke Duberly] (Wikipedia) whose husband, Captain Henry Duberly, was the paymaster to the 8th Royal Irish Hussars 1859 Google Books | ||
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 23:48, 10 November 2011
Also known as 8th Regiment of Light Dragoons
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
Regimental Journal
The Crossbelts,The Journal of the VIII King's Royal Irish Hussars. The British Library has Vol. 1. no. 1-Vol. 5. no. 2. 1927-1952/53.. Not published from 1940 to 1944.
External Links
- 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars including deployments www.regiments.org, an archived site
- 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Wikipedia
- Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Wikipedia
- History, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars qrh.org.uk
- 8th Hussars Britishempire.co.uk
- The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Collection at Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum . Covers the 8th Hussars and the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
- Naval and Military Press have published a two volume History of the VIII King’s Royal Irish Hussars 1693-1927 by Rev R H Murray, a reprint, originally published in 1928. Available to purchase through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
- Image of an 8th Hussar in Afghanistan during the 2nd Afghan War Victorian Wars Forum
Historical books online
- Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India: during the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858 by Frances Isabella Locke Duberly (Wikipedia) whose husband, Captain Henry Duberly, was the paymaster to the 8th Royal Irish Hussars 1859 Google Books