7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
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Chronology
- 1690 raised as The Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons
- 1714 disbanded
- 1715 reformed as The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Dragoons
- 1727 became The Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons
- 1751 became the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
- 1807 became the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
- 1861 became the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
- 1921 retitled as 7th Queen's Own Hussars
- 1958 amalgamated with the 3rd The King's Own Hussars to form the The Queen's Own Hussars
- 1993 amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars to form The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
Service in British India
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1887 Secunderabad
- 1892 Mhow
- 1911 Bangalore
- 1920 Mhow
External links
- 7th Queen's Own Hussars including deployments www.regiments.org
- 7th Hussars Wikipedia
- Queen's Own Hussars Wikipedia
- Queen's Royal Hussars Wikipedia
- History: 7th Queen's Own Hussars archived page from the now closed previous Queen’s Own Hussars Museum.
- The Queen's Royal Hussars Regimental Association
- 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.
- Sergeant E.A. Dickerson – 7H. By 1916 Dickerson was a Sergeant in the 7th Hussars who were stationed in Meerut, India. He was a qualified instructor in musketry and the machine gun. In January 1917 he was seconded to the SPR (South Persia Rifles) as the British N.C.O. instructor in the 2nd Machine Gun Squadron of the Kerman Brigade. qrhmuseum.com
Historical books online
- Historical record of the Seventh, or the Queen’s Own Regiment of Hussars: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1690, and of its subsequent services to 1842 Google Books 1842
- The 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars, Volume 1 and Volume 2 1690-1911 by C R B Barrett (Charles Raymond Booth) 1914 Archive.org.
- "Topographical and Sanitary Report on Umballa and its vicinity, Upper India" by Dr Kendal, Surgeon, H. M.’s 7th Hussars, page 213 Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859 (published 1861) Google Books