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==Regimental Journal==''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 XI 13th Hussars Journal''in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>
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'''Also known as 11th HussarsLight Dragoons'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1715''' raised as Colonel Philip Honeywood's 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 (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars|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 ==
*'''1866''' Bengal
*'''1892''' Sialkot
*'''1897''' [[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier]]
*'''1921''' Meerut
*'''1923''' Risalpur
The 11th Husssars under command of Col. Lyttleton Annesley, consisting of 18 officers, 349 non commissioned officers and men, 25 soldiers' wives and 69 soldiers’ children, arrived at Portsmouth on Monday last [7 January 1878] in Her Majesty’s Indian troopship Malabar, were disembarked Tuesday morning and left Portsmouth Harbour by special train at 10.10am for Colchester, where they arrived about 5pm…<ref> ''Essex Standard'', Friday 11 January 1878, page 5 </ref>== External Links Regimental histories==[http://www*''The Historical Records of the Eleventh Hussars, Prince Albert's Own'' by Captain Godfrey Trevelyan Williams.britishempirePublished London, 1908.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thdragoons.htm 11th DragoonsAvailable at the [[British Library] British Empire website<br>[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thltdragoons.htm 11th Light Dragoons] British Empire website<br>[http UIN://wwwBLL01001095877 .britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thhussars.htm 11th Hussars] British Empire website<br> Available [httphttps://encatalog.wikipediahathitrust.org/wikiRecord/11th_Hussars 11th Hussars001589181 Hathi Trust Digital Library] Wikipedia<br>[http://enfor those in North America, and some other regions.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Hussars_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Own) Royal *''The History of the Eleventh Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Hussars King- Prince Albert's Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://webOwn, 1908-1934'' by Captain L.archiveR.org/web/20080118043718/wwwLumley.regiments Published London, 1936.org/regiments/uk/cav/D11hAvailable at the British Library UIN: BLL01002243940.htm 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)] including This book is also available on the pay website TheGenealogist as part of the "Regimental Records & Histories" requiring a [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20071216143559/www.regimentsthegenealogist.orgcom/deploycoverage/uk/regmilitary-cavrecords/d11.htm deployments#Regimental%20Records%20&%20Histories Diamond subscription] Regiments.org, an archived site
==Regimental journal==
''The XI Hussars Journal''<br>
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 ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thdragoons.htm 11th Dragoons] British Empire website<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thltdragoons.htm 11th Light Dragoons] British Empire website<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/11thhussars.htm 11th Hussars] British Empire website<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Hussars 11th Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Hussars_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Own) Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Hussars King's Royal Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043718/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D11h.htm 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143559/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d11.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site<br>
*[http://www.horsepowermuseum.co.uk/museum.html Horsepower, the Museum of the King’s Royal Hussars]. Covers [[10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars|10th]] and 11th Hussars.<br>
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-girls-we-left-behind-the-departure-of-a-troop-of-11th-24253 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===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_48490#page/n15/mode/2up ''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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_48490#page/n95/mode/2up 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.
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=rRw3AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA574 "No 21" from Part 2 1843, page 574]
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=AuUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA357 "No 22-23" from Part 3 1843, page 357]
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=AuUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA576 "No 24-26" from Part 3 1843, page 576] includes participation in the [[Jat War]]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=l5ggAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 ''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,<ref> [http://www.naval-military-press.com/light-dragoon.html ''Light Dragoon''] Naval & Military Press.</ref> and was in India 1819-1836. India service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=l5ggAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA203 page 203].
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$c16216?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Narrative of the Siege and Capture of Bhurtpore''] by J N Creighton, Captain, 11th Regiment, Light Dragoons, 1830. HathiTrust Digital Library. Also available at [https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.12964/page/n1 Archive.org], mirror of a file from [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
*[https://archive.org/details/firstsevendivis00hami/page/n7 ''The First Seven Divisions : being a detailed account of the fighting from Mons to Ypres''] by Ernest W Hamilton (Late Captain 11th Hussars) 1916 Archive.org. See [[Western Front]], part of the [[First World War]].
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