Regimental military prints of the 14th Hussars (Dormer's Dragoons) and 20th Hussars (Inniskilling Light Dragoons) now part of the Regiment of 14th/20th King's Hussars shown in regimental art prints published by Cranston Fine Arts.

14TH / 20TH KING'S HUSSARS   Formed by the amalgamation of the 14th Hussars and the 20th Hussars in 1922, to become the 14th/20th Hussars and in 1936 became the 14th / 20th King's Hussars.   14TH King's  Hussars   Raised in 1715 as Dormer's Dragoons and becoming in 1861 the 14th King's Hussars. Battle Honours 1808 - 1814  Douro, Talavera, Fuentos d'Onoro, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, during the Peninsula  War 1848 - 1849  Chillianwalla, Goojerat during the second Sikh War 1856 - 1857  The Persian war 1857 - 1858   Indian Mutiny 1899 - 1902  Relief of Ladysmith,   The Boer War 1914 - 1918  Tigris 1916, Kut al  Am,ara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, in Persia   VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS  Two Victoria Cross's were won by members of the regiment.  first during the Indian Mutiny,  the second During the Boer War   20th HUSSARS  Raised in 1759 as the 20th Inniskilling Light Dragoons becoming in 1861 the 20th Hussars, which was disbanded in 1921, but reconstituted in 1922. Battle Honours 1808 - 1814    Vimiera during the Peninsula war 1885    at Suakin during the Egyptian Campaign 1899 - 1902   The Boer War 1914 - 1918  Mons, retreat from Mons, marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Ypres 1914, 1915, Cambrai;   1917, 1918   Somme 1918, Amiens  Sambre BATTLE HONOURS OF THE 14TH / 20TH KING'S HUSSARS  (AFTER 1918) 1935 - 1945  Bologna, Medecina in Italy 1945

 

Battle Of Al Haniyah 26th Feb 1991  by David Rowlands  The 14th/20th Kings Hussars assault on Objective Copper South. Temporary Second-Lieutenant Stout Firing A Machine Gun While Standing On Corporal Testers Back.  On hearing that a number of the enemy were working close to the British lines.  Temporary Second-Lieutenant Frank Moxon Stout, attached to the 20th Hussars, took Corporal G. Tester, of the same regiment, and a light machine gun to a saphead.  Then having mounted the machine gun, the corporal stood on the lieutenants back and opened fire on the enemy, who were thirty or forty yards away.  He fired 150 rounds while exposed to a heavy return fire, and then got down to allow Second-Lieutenant Stout to mount on his back and open fire in turn.  Next morning fourteen of the enemys dead were counted.  For his conspicuous gallantry and resource Second-Lieutenant Stout was awarded the M.C., and Corporal Tester was awarded the D.C.M. for his gallantry and good work.
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Historical Record of the 14th (King's) Hussars 1900 - 1922. by Brig J Gilbert Browne and Lieut Col E J Bridges.  Edited by Major A T Millet.  (1932) This is the second volume of the regimental history, which begins at the start of the south African War, the end of which is where the first volume finishes; thus there is an overlap.  The reason for this is that the war was still being fought when the Regiment's record in it was written, and by the time this present volume was written many facts and details had come to light which could not be obtained for inclusion in the earlier volume.  This account ends with the amalgamation of the Regiment with the 20th Hussars in 1922, a year that saw the disappearance of a number of cavalry regiments in a series of amalgamations; 1922 was to the cavalry what 1870 and Cardwell had been to the infantry.  The dedication is not only to the 14th Hussars who gave their lives during the Great War but also "to the Horses which carried the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men of the Regiment so gallantly".  This is a superb history, full of detail, not just about battles and engagements (plenty of them) but also about life on a cavalry regiment in peacetime in those years so long ago.  Much of it has been contributed by officers and warrant officers who are introduced in the preface with details of their contributions.  Most of the book is concerned with the S African War and the Great War but there is plenty about peacetime soldiering at home and in India where the Regiment was in 1914 and from where they went to Mesopotamia in November 1915 joining the 6th (Indian) Cavalry Brigade.  In January 1918 the Regiment was detached from the Brigade and sent to Persia where they stayed for the rest of the war, returning to Mesopotamia at the end of the year.  The Regiment arrived back in England in April 1919 nearly thirteen years after sailing for India.  There are twenty-five appendices containing a wealth of information about the 14th Hussars : changes in establishment; Roll of Honour of officer for S African and Great War and of NCOs and Men for the Great War; Honours and awards for both wars; succession of Colonels of the Regiment, COs, Adjutants and WOs since 1900; service records of Colonels and Lt Cols 1900 - 1922 showing officers who served - and much else besides.  Unusually the contents are shown not as a series of chapters but as a chronology, year by year with headings for every significant event.  And finally there is a good index.	To order your copy: secure order form Paperback Book serial number NMP5564.         586 pages. Price £22.   Post: UK- £5.00 (max post for multiple books £6.00). For Europe £6.00 (each plus one charge of £3.00 recorded fee per total shipment) Rest of World £8.00 (each plus one charge of £3.00 recorded fee per total shipment)