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===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=djYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR2 ''Historical Records of the Eighteenth Hussars''] by Captain Harold Esdaile Malet 1869 Google Books. The regiment sailed for Madras in 1864 [http://books.google.com/books?id=djYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA60 page 60] | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=djYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR2 ''Historical Records of the Eighteenth Hussars''] by Captain Harold Esdaile Malet 1869 Google Books. The regiment sailed for Madras in 1864 [http://books.google.com/books?id=djYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA60 page 60] | ||
* | *Pdf downloads available from the [http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/downloads.html Light Dragoons Regimental Association] include | ||
**''Historical Memoirs of the XVIII (POW) Hussars'' likely to be ''The Historical Memoirs of the XVIIIth Hussars (Princess of Wales's Own)'' Collected and arranged by Colonel Harold Malet, published 1907 | |||
**''History of 13th-18th (QMO) Hussars 1922-1947'' | |||
: Note , these are large pdfs which may be slow to open. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 01:52, 29 March 2013
Also known as 18th (Light) Dragoons
Chronology
- 1715 raised as Richard Molesworth's Regiment of Dragoons ranked as 19th Dragoons
- 1718 disbanded
- 1759 reformed as 19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1766 became 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons
- 1769 became 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1805 became 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1805 became 18th (King's Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
- 1821 disbanded in Ireland
- 1858 reformed at Leeds as 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons from a nucleus of 15th Hussars
- 1861 became 18th Hussars
- 1903 renamed the 18th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
- 1905 renamed the 18th (Victoria Mary, Princess of Wales's Own) Hussarss
- 1910 renamed the 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
- 1921 renamed the18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
- 1922 amalgamated with the 13th Hussars to form the 13th/18th Hussars
- 1935 became the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
- 1992 consolidated with the 15th/19th King’s Hussars to form the Light Dragoons
Service in British India
- 1864 Madras
- 1890 Umballa
- 1896 Lucknow
- 1896 Chitral Campaign
- 1919 Risalpur
Due to the return of the 18th Hussars to England, on 8 April 1875 2 privates transferred to the 13th Hussars[1]
External Links
- 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site.
- 18th Royal Hussars Wikipedia
- 13th/18th Hussars Wikipedia
- The Light Dragoons Regimental Association (13th/ 15th/ 18th /19th Hussars/Light Dragoons) including Museums, Images
Historical books online
- Historical Records of the Eighteenth Hussars by Captain Harold Esdaile Malet 1869 Google Books. The regiment sailed for Madras in 1864 page 60
- Pdf downloads available from the Light Dragoons Regimental Association include
- Historical Memoirs of the XVIII (POW) Hussars likely to be The Historical Memoirs of the XVIIIth Hussars (Princess of Wales's Own) Collected and arranged by Colonel Harold Malet, published 1907
- History of 13th-18th (QMO) Hussars 1922-1947
- Note , these are large pdfs which may be slow to open.
References
- ↑ The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884 pinetreeweb.com