10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars
Also known as 10th Light Dragoons
Chronology
- 1715 raised as Humphrey Gore's Regiment of Dragoons
- 1751 renamed the 10th Regiment of Dragoons
- 1783 became the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1806 became the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
- 1861 became the 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars
- 1921 became the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
- 1969 amalgamated with the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) to form The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own).
Service in British India
- 1846 India
- 1873 Muttra
- 1878 2nd Afghan War
- 1881 Bengal
- 1903 Mhow
- 1908 Rawalpindi
- 1931 Meerut
- 1933 Lucknow
External Links
10th Royal Hussars Wikipedia
10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) including deployments www.regiments.org, an archived site
Horsepower, the Museum of the King’s Royal Hussars. Covers 10th and 11th Hussars
This thread from Victorian Wars Forum includes a photograph of the 10th taken in Jellalabad 1879
11th Dragoons British Empire website
11th Light Dragoons British Empire website
11th Hussars British Empire website
11th Hussars Wikipedia
King's Royal Hussars Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Historical record of the Tenth, the Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Hussars containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715, and of its subsequent services to 1842 1843 Archive.org
- Soldiering in Sunshine and Storm: From India to the Crimea and Home by William Douglas (Private, 10th Royal Hussars.) 1865 Google Books. The initial chapter describes the regiment's life in India from 1846 until it left for the Crimea in December 1854.