BOOTS AND SADDLE
The 7th (The Queen’s Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) 1813, “Boots and Saddle”
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.
Church parade 1939 last parade in puttees Spurs and pants for the 3rd Hussars