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Also known as ''' 4th Queen's Own Hussars'''
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== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
 
*'''1685''' raised as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons  and ranked as the 4th Dragoons
 
*'''1685''' raised as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons  and ranked as the 4th Dragoons
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*'''1788''' renamed the 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
 
*'''1788''' renamed the 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
 
*'''1818''' renamed the 4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
 
*'''1818''' renamed the 4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
*'''1861''' renamed the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars  
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*'''1861''' renamed the '''4th (Queen's Own) Hussars'''
 
*'''1921''' renamed the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
 
*'''1921''' renamed the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
*'''1958''' amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
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*'''1958''' amalgamated with the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars|8th King's Royal Irish Hussars]], to form the The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
 
*'''1993''' amalgamated with The Queen's Own Hussars to form The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
 
*'''1993''' amalgamated with The Queen's Own Hussars to form The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
  
== Service in India ==
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== Service in British India ==
The regiment was in India from 1822-41 where they were based first at the Bay of Cambay and then at [[Kirkee]]. They took part in the [[1st Afghan War]].
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*'''1822''' Bay of Cambay and then [[Kirkee]]
== External Links ==
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*'''1839''' [[1st Afghan War]]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Queen's_Own_Hussars 4th Queen's Own Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
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*'''1867''' [[Bombay]]
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars_(The_Queen%27s_Own_and_Royal_Irish) Queen's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia<br>[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/fourths.html Regiment Records] shadowsoftime.co.nz<br>[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/4ths/fourths.html Personal Records] shadowsoftime.co.nz<br>[http://www.genes.plus.com/ARMYLIST/Dragoons.htm 4th Light Dragoons - Regimental Summary] www.genes.plus.com
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*'''1868''' [[Meerut]]
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*'''1896''' [[Bangalore]]
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*'''1899''' [[Lucknow]]
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*'''1902''' [[Meerut]]
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*'''1904''' [[Secunderabad]]
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*'''1919''' [[Muttra]]
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*'''1922''' [[Meerut]]
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*'''1924''' [[Lucknow]]
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*'''1927''' [[Meerut]]
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In 1841 the Regiment was under orders to return to England. 150 volunteers ‘disposed to extend their Indian service' transferred to the [[14th (King's) Hussars|14th Regiment of Light Dragoons]], newly arrived from England, stationed at Kirkee, on 1 October 1841<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tR6gAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA122 "Historical Abstract of the 1st year's service in the East Indies of H. M.'s 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, at Kirkee, under the Bombay Presidency "], page 122 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume 5 1842''</ref>
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Due to the return of the 4th Hussars to England, on 1 October 1878 a private 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>
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==Regimental histories==
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*''A Short History of the IV. Queen's Own Hussars'' [by H. G. Watkin, continued by T. W. Pragnell.] Published Meerut, [1923]. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001095839
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*''A Short History of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars'' by Major T. J. Edwards 1935. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095841
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*''4th Hussar. The story of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, 1685-1958'' by David Scott Daniell, etc. 1959. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095842
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== External links ==
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016045029/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D04h.htm 4th Queen's Own Hussars] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071218194911/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d04.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Queen's_Own_Hussars 4th Queen's Own Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars_(The_Queen%27s_Own_and_Royal_Irish) Queen's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
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*Wendy Leahy’s [http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/index.html Shadows of Time] includes
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**[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/india.html Records relating to the 4th Light Dragoons in India]
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**[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/4ths/dragoon.html 4th Light Dragoons Personal Records]
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**[http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/fourths.html 4th Light Dragoons: Regiment Records]
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*[http://www.genes.plus.com/ARMYLIST/Dragoons.htm 4th Light Dragoons - Regimental Summary] www.genes.plus.com <br>
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130128015314/http://www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk/TheQueensRoyalIrishHussars.htm The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Regimental Collection] archived page from  the then Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum.  Covered the 4th Hussars and the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars]]. This Collection is now not available at that location and  will become part of a new Museum, see following. <br>
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*[https://www.queensroyalhussars.org The Queen's Royal Hussars Regimental Association]
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*[https://www.qrhmuseum.com The Museum of The Queen's Royal Hussars - Churchill’s Own] in Warwick.  Covers the [[3rd (The King's Own) Hussars]],  4th (Queen's Own) Hussars,  the [[7th (Queen's Own) Hussars]] and  the [[8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars]]. Currently closed until April 2024.
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*[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/05/exploits-of-the-queens-own-light-dragoons-.html "Exploits of the Queen’s Own Light Dragoons"] 09 May 2017 Untold lives blog, British Library.
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:[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2019/08/fourth-queens-own-hussars-in-india.html "Fourth ‘Queen’s Own’ Hussars in India"] 13 August 2019 Untold lives blog, British Library.
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===Historical books online===
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*''The Campaign in Affghanistan, Journal of an Officer of the Army of the Indus'' by Captain Ogle H.M.4th Lt Drags published 1840 and 1841 in the Asiatic Journal. Google Books.  The author died of cholera 29 November 1839 towards the end of the campaign. [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107 Chapter 1] [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149 Chapter 2] [http://books.google.com/books?id=visYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA255 Chapter 3] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 Chapter 4] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95 Chapter 5] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA161 Chapter 6] [http://books.google.com/books?id=vSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA254 Chapter 7]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=klhEAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP5  ''Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan''] by William Taylor, Troop Sergeant-Major, 4th Light Dragoons. 1842 Google Books
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** A description of Captain Ogle [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=klhEAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA197&ots=m2ylmWUPiv&dq=Captain%20Ogle%204th%20Light%20Dragoons&pg=PA197#v=onepage&q=Captain%20Ogle%204th%20Light%20Dragoons&f=false page 197]
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*[https://archive.org/details/rovingcommissino001321mbp/page/n7 ''A Roving Commission My Early Life''] by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill 1930 Archive.org. He arrived in India 1896, as an officer  with the 4th Hussars, who were based in [[Bangalore]]. He took leave from his regiment to join the [[Malakand Field Expedition|Malakand Field Force]] as a correspondent. He subsequently was appointed for a brief period to the [[Tirah Campaign|Tirah Expedition]]. He resigned from the Army and left India 1899.
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*[https://archive.org/details/4thhussarsgtwar/page/n9/mode/2up ''The 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in the Great War''] by Captain H K D Evans  and Major N O Laing 1920 Archive.org
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== References ==
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[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 10:21, 10 December 2023

Also known as 4th Queen's Own Hussars

Chronology

  • 1685 raised as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons and ranked as the 4th Dragoons
  • 1751 formally titled the 4th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1788 renamed the 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1818 renamed the 4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1861 renamed the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
  • 1921 renamed the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
  • 1958 amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
  • 1993 amalgamated with The Queen's Own Hussars to form The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)

Service in British India

In 1841 the Regiment was under orders to return to England. 150 volunteers ‘disposed to extend their Indian service' transferred to the 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons, newly arrived from England, stationed at Kirkee, on 1 October 1841[1]

Due to the return of the 4th Hussars to England, on 1 October 1878 a private transferred to the 13th Hussars[2]

Regimental histories

  • A Short History of the IV. Queen's Own Hussars [by H. G. Watkin, continued by T. W. Pragnell.] Published Meerut, [1923]. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095839
  • A Short History of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars by Major T. J. Edwards 1935. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095841
  • 4th Hussar. The story of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, 1685-1958 by David Scott Daniell, etc. 1959. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095842

External links

"Fourth ‘Queen’s Own’ Hussars in India" 13 August 2019 Untold lives blog, British Library.

Historical books online

References