In 1881 hussar officers wore the pattern of busby introduced in 1858. Made of black sable fur, it was 7 ¾ inches high in front, 9 inches at the rear and 8 inches on the sides. The top of the busby to be ½ inch less in diameter than the bottom which was shaped to fit the head.
By 1881 the British hussar tunic was approaching its final form. Inspired by the German and Austrian Attila, the garment introduced in 1856 was long skirted and bore six loops of frogging across the front (Light dragoons had the same tunic but with five loops).
It would naturally take some time for the “Hussar craze” to contaminate the United Kingdom after sweeping over the Continent. The dash of attire and behaviour displayed on the Napoleonic battlefields in the service of France certainly made the best impression, and in due time the British Army started changing her Light Dragoon Regiments into Hussars, in dress and in title. Hussars had appeared in the British army around 1806 and there were four regiments at the end of the…
Major Charles Craufurd Fraser (7th Queen’s Own Hussars) Date of Act of Bravery, 31st December, 1858.
Troop Sergeant-Major James Champion (8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars) Date of Act of Bravery, 8th September, 1858.
Farrier George Hollis (8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars) Date of Act of Bravery, 17th of June, 1858.
Private John Pearson (8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars) Date of Act of Bravery, 17th of June, 1858.
Sergeant Joseph Ward (8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars) Date of Act of Bravery, 17th of June, 1858.
Captain Clement Walker Heneage (8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars) Date of Act of Bravery, 17th of June, 1858.
Private Samuel Parkes (4th Queen’s Own Light Dragoons) Date of Act of Bravery, 25th October 1854.
