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7th HUSSARS: THE EARLY YEARS

Undeniably the 7th Hussars were the embodiment of dash and panache for which every cavalry regiment strives. Nicknamed “The Saucy Seventh” they were notably recognised as a fashionable regiment. The roots of the 7th Hussars date back to 1690 when Colonel Richard Cunningham was ordered to relinquish his foot command and take over a regiment of Dragoons. The dragoon regiment, titled Cunningham’s Dragoons were sent, in March 1692 to Edinburgh to assist in law and order duties In 1750 George…

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JAMES ROBERT. B. ARMSTRONG

27th October 1915 the Belfast News-Letter informed its readers that North Irish Horse Lieutenant James Robert. B. Armstrong had transferred to the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars. Armstrong revealed the main reason for his move in a letter to his father – that he was finding it hard to afford the lavish messing being insisted on by the squadron’s senior officers! He wrote: “… any mess I have been to out here has been a good deal cheaper than ours.…

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