11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

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Also known as 11th Light Dragoons

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

Due to the return of the 11th Hussars to England, on 1st July 1877 11 privates transferred to the 13th Hussars according to the link The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan1874-1884 (pinetreeweb.com)

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

Historical books online

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