4th HUSSARS: DETTINGEN 27th JUNE 1743
In 1742 the War of Austria succession started and Rich’s Dragoons went into battle the following year at Dettingen …
In 1742 the War of Austria succession started and Rich’s Dragoons went into battle the following year at Dettingen …
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…
The 7th (The Queen’s Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) 1813, “Boots and Saddle”
On 27th June 1743, King George II led his Army into battle near the village of Dettingen …
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.…
Dragoon George Daraugh of Sir Robert Rich’s Dragoons (4th Queens Own Hussars): Battle of Dettingen 16th June 1743 in the War of the Austrian Succession.
1926 Press Photo British 3rd King’s Own Hussars under the Constantinople Command in Troy which served as part of the occupation forces in Turkey after the Armistice.
3rd Troop A Squadron 7th Hussars with shooting trophy. This must be pre 1917 prior to deployment to Mesopotamia
In 1845 the regiment served in the First Sikh War at Moodkee, Ferozeshah and Sabraon.