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Historical regimental military prints of the
, 10th Royal Hussars and 11th Royal Hussars now part of the Royal Hussars
(Prince of Wales' Own) shown in regimental art prints published by
Cranston Fine Arts. |
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The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was formed by the
amalgamation of the 10th Royal Hussars, and the 11th Hussars in 1969.
10TH ROYAL HUSSARS, (PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN)
Raised in 1715 as Gore's Dragoons, becoming in 1751 the 10th Dragoons and in
1806 the 10th Hussars.
Battle Honours
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1756 - 1763,
Warbung during the Seven years war |
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1808 - 1814 The Peninsula war |
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1815 Battle of Waterloo |
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1854 - 1855 Sebastopol during the Crimean War |
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1878 - 1879 Ali
Masjid, Afghanistan during the Second Afghan war |
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1878 - 1879 Egypt during the Sudan War |
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1899 - 1902 Relief of Kimberley, and Paardeburg during The
Boer War |
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1914 - 1918 Ypres 1914, 1915,
Frezenberg, Loos, Arras 1917, 1918
Somme 1918, Avre, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Selle, cambrai 1918 Pursuit to
Mons, during the Great War |
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1939 - 1945 Somme 1940,
Saunni, Gazala, El Alamein, El Hamma, Coriano, Santaercangelo, Valli di
Comacchio, Argenta Gap. |
Victoria Cross Awards Two Victoria Cross's were awarded to members of the Regiment during the
Boer war
11TH HUSSARS (PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN)
Raised in 1715 as Honywood's dragoons and in 1751 becoming the 11th Dragoons,
and changing again 1840 to the 11th Hussars.
Battle Honours.
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1756 - 1763 Warbung during the Seven years War |
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1793 - 1802, Beaumont, Willems during the French Revolution |
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1808 -1814, Salamanca, during the Peninsula war |
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1815, Battle of waterloo |
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1826 revolt of Rajah of Bhurtpore |
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1854 - 1855
Alam, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sebastopol during the Crimean
war |
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1914 - 1918 Le
Cateaux, Retreat from Mons, marne 1914, Aisne 1914 Messines
1914, Ypres 1914,
1915,
Somme 1916, 1918, Cambrai 1917, 1918 Amiens |
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1939 - 1945 Villers
Bocage, Roer, Rhine, Egyptian Frontier 1940,
Sidi Barrani, Beda Fomm, Sidi Rezegh,
1941, El Alamein, during the second World War |
VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS. One Victoria Cross awarded during the Crimean war, at Balaclava by Ltd
A R Drum, Later Colonel., (1833 - 1863)
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Scouts by William Barnes Wollen
Showing Scouts of the 10th Hussars observing French Cavalry column
advancing in the snow.
Halt by Lady Butler Depicting the end of the last charge of the 10th Hussars at Waterloo.
Sabres on the Esla Pursuit of the Imperial Guard at the Battle of
Benevente by Mark ChurmsSir 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.
Relief of the Light Brigade by Caton
Woodville Depicting the Light Brigade at the moment of reaching the Russian guns.
Shown are the 11th Hussars and the 17th Lancers.
Race for the Copje by G. D. Giles Showing members of the 10th Hussars in South Africa, racing for the
high ground against some Boers.
10th Hussars, Retreat
from Corunna by Richard Simkin Historical military art print of the 10th Hussars during the
Peninsula War, during the retreat from Salamanca to Corunna under General
Sir John Moore.
Those Who had
Fought so Well". The Survivors of the Light Brigade Returning
from the Valley of Death by Harry Payne
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