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| − | Due to the return of the 11th Hussars to England, on 1st July 1877 11 privates transferred to the [[13th Hussars]]<ref> [ | + | Due to the return of the 11th Hussars to England, on 1st July 1877 11 privates transferred to the [[13th Hussars]]<ref> [https://www.pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.html The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref> |
==Regimental Journal== | ==Regimental Journal== | ||
''The XI Hussars Journal''<br> | ''The XI Hussars Journal''<br> | ||
Revision as of 04:28, 14 June 2018
Also known as 11th Light Dragoons
Contents
Chronology
- 1715 raised as Colonel Philip Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons
- 1751 renamed the 11th Regiment of Dragoons
- 1783 became the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons
- 1840 became the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
- 1969 amalgamated with the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) to form The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
- 1992 amalgamated with the 14th/20th King's Hussars to form the King's Royal Hussars
Service in British India
- 1819 India
- 1825 Jat War
- 1866 Bengal
- 1892 Sialkot
- 1897 North West Frontier
- 1921 Meerut
- 1923 Risalpur
Due to the return of the 11th Hussars to England, on 1st July 1877 11 privates transferred to the 13th Hussars[1]
Regimental Journal
The XI Hussars Journal
Volumes 1-3 1910-1912 are available at the National Army Museum and the British Library appears to have at least some editions from
Volume 5 no. 4, October 1914
External Links
- 11th Dragoons British Empire website
- 11th Light Dragoons British Empire website
- 11th Hussars British Empire website
- 11th Hussars Wikipedia
Royal Hussars Wikipedia - King's Royal Hussars Wikipedia
- 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- Horsepower, the Museum of the King’s Royal Hussars. Covers 10th and 11th Hussars.
- Painting: 'The Girls We Left Behind', the Departure of a Troop of 11th Hussars for India by Thomas Jones Barker painted 1866 in the collection of Horsepower: The Museum of the King’s Royal Hussars. Your Paintings bbc.co.uk. Click on right hand top corner to enlarge.
Historical books online
- Historical record of the Eleventh, or the Prince Albert's Own Regiment of Hussars containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715 and of its subsequent services to 1842 1843 Archive.org. The Regiment sailed to India in 1819 page 71
- "Reminiscences of a Light Dragoon" [in India from 1819 to 1836] from Colburn's United Service Magazine Google Books. These extracts appear to have been published as the book Light Dragoon detailed below.
- "No 21" from Part 2 1843, page 574
- "No 22-23" from Part 3 1843, page 357
- "No 24-26" from Part 3 1843, page 576 includes participation in the Jat War
- Light Dragoon by GR Gleig 1853 Google Books (First published 1844 in 2 volumes), Written by the Rev G. R. Gleig, chaplain of Chelsea Hospital, from the recollections of a pensioner, George Farmer, who had joined the 11th Hussars in 1808,[2] and was in India 1819-1836. India service commences page 203.
- Narrative of the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore by J N Creighton, Captain, 11th Regiment, Light Dragoons, 1830. HathiTrust Digital Library. It is also available to read online at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online
References
- ↑ The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884 pinetreeweb.com
- ↑ Light Dragoon Naval & Military Press.
