Historical military prints of the 3rd King's Own Hussars, 7th Queens Own Hussars now part of the Queens Own Hussars shown in regimental art prints published by Cranston Fine Arts.

The Queens Own Hussars was formed in 1958, by amalgamation of the 3rd King's Own Hussars and the 7th Queens Own Hussars. The 3rd THE KING'S OWN HUSSARS  Raised in 1685 as The Queen's Consort's Own regiment of Dragoons, later in 1861 changing their name to 3rd King's own Hussars, Battle Honours, (shown on standards) 1740 - 1748  Battle of Dettingen during the War of Austrian Succession 1808 - 1814  Salamanca, Vittoria  Toulouse, during the Peninsula War 1839 to 1842  Kabul during the 1st Afghan war 1845 - 1846  Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Sobraon during the fist Sikh War 1848 to 1849   Chillianwallah, Goojerat, Punjaub  during the second Sikh war 1899 - 1902  Boer War 1914 -1918  retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1915  Messines 1914, Ypres 1914, 1915, Arras 1917 Cambrai 1917, 1918, Somme 1918,  Amiens   during the First World war 1939 - 1945   Sidi barrani,  Buq Buq, Beda Fomm, Sidi Suleiman, El Alamein, (north Africa 1940 -42)  Citta della Piave,  Citti di Castello, Italy 1944  and Crete. 7TH QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS  Raised in 1689 as the Queens Own Dragoons, (Cunningham's Dragoons.) and in 1807 becoming The 7th Queen's Own Hussars. Battle Honours 1740 - 1748  Dettingen, during the war of the Austrian Succession 1756 - 1763, warbung, during the Seven years war 1793 - 1802, Beaumont, during the French revolution 1808 - 1814  Battle of Orthes  during the Peninsula War 1815   Battle of waterloo 1857 - 1858  Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny 1899 - 1902  Boer war  1914 - 1918 Khan Baghdadi,  Sharqat, Mesopotamia during the First World war 1939 to 1945  Egyptian Frontier in 1940,  Beda Fomm, Sidi Rezegh, 1941, Ancona, Rimini Line, (italy 1944-45) Pegu Paungde in Burma 1942. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS. 2 Victoria crosses awarded during the Indian Mutiny.

 

Charge of the 3rd Light Dragoons at the Battle of Moodkee by Ernest Crofts  Victory at Beda Fomm by David Pentland  British Vickers MKV1B Light tanks of the 3rd Hussars, 7th Armoured Division celebrate their part in the momentous victory over Italian forces in North Africa, February 1941. Charge of the 7th Hussars at Waterloo by H Martens  The 7th Hussars are part of the Light Cavalry are shown charging the French lines during the Battle of Waterloo. Sabres on the Esla Pursuit of the Imperial Guard at the Battle of Benevente by Mark Churms  Sir John Moore's epic retreat to Corunna was punctuated by desperate and often heroic rear-guard actions - none more dramatic than the cavalry clash at Benevente on the 29th December 1808. Having crossed the river Esla, cold and swollen by recent rainfall, a British picquet, comprised of elements of the King's German Legion Hussars and the 7th, 10th and 18th Hussars, covers the river and its tactically demolished Castro Gonzalo's bridge from a position near the town of Benevente. Napoleon himself leads the pursuit. The Emperors elite Guard Light Cavalry, commanded by General Lefebvre-Desnouettes, is ordered at daylight to ford the river and launch a surprise attack on what appears to be the numerically inferior British units. As five-hundred and fifty French cavalry emerge in orderly fashion from the river, intent upon quickly dispatching the opposition, they are startled to find the British piquet, reinforced by a host of British cavalry, streaming from within the confines of Benevente, some on their left flank. Under the command of Lord Paget, the British become the pursuers of the surprised French, who turn and retreat with the frigid waters of the Esla blocking their escape. Unlike their crossing in echelon just minutes before, the French now in disorder plunge into the river, where many drown. Others are captured including General Lefebvre-Desnouettes who is made prisoner by Grisdale of the 10th Hussars following a dramatic pursuit. General Lefebvre-Desnouettes will eventually escape from captivity in England, to encounter Lord Paget once again on the field of Waterloo.