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In 1884 due to the return of the [[13th Hussars]] to England, 24 privates transferred to the 8th Hussars<ref> [https://www.pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.html The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>
==Regimental history==
''The History of the VIII King's Royal Irish Hussars, 1693-1927'' by Robert H. Murray, in two volumes 1928. These two volumes are available online, see below.
<br>''Men of Valour. The third volume of the history of the VIII King's Royal Irish Hussars, 1927-1958'', by Olivia Fitzroy 1961.
<br>All are available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001095857. The 1928 volumes are available in reprint editions.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-the-viii-kings-royal-irish-hussars-1693-1927/ ''The History of the VIII King's Royal Irish Hussars, 1693-1927''] Naval & Military Press 2 volume reprint edition.</ref>
==Regimental journal==
''The Crossbelts, The Journal of the VIII King's Royal Irish Hussars''. The [[British Library]] has Vol. 1. no. 1-Vol. 5. no. 2. 1927-1952/53.. Not published from 1940 to 1944.
== External Links links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118042106/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D08h.htm 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216143554/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d08.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_King's_Royal_Irish_Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/irishhussarsvol1/page/n11/mode/2up ''The History of the VIII King’s Royal Irish Hussars 1693-1927 Volume 1 to 1853''] by Rev. Robert H Murray 1928 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/irishhussarsvol2/page/n9/mode/2up ''The History of the VIII King’s Royal Irish Hussars 1693-1927 Volume 2 from 1854''] by Rev. Robert H Murray 1928 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JEgVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA86 Page 86 [In India<nowiki>]</nowiki>] ''A Memoir of Major-General Sir R.R. Gillespie'' [by William Thorn] 1816 Google Books. On 7 May 1805 [[Robert Rollo Gillespie]] exchanged into the [[19th Lancers|Nineteenth Light Dragoons]], then in India, to where he proceeded overland from England. The Nineteenth Light Dragoons being ordered to Europe, Gillespie, on 16 April 1807 exchanged into the 8th Royal Irish Light Dragoons and saw service in the Punjab (page 108); on 5 January 1809 he exchanged into the [[25th Light Dragoons| Twenty-fifth Light Dragoons]].
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Cj8oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India: during the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858''] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Isabella_Duberly Frances Isabella Locke Duberly] (Wikipedia) whose husband, Captain Henry Duberly, was the paymaster to the 8th Royal Irish Hussars 1859 Google Books
