3rd Hussars: Mechanised Cavalry
The 3rd King’s Own Hussars were the first cavalry regiment mechanised under the big three year plan announced by the War Office.
The 3rd King’s Own Hussars were the first cavalry regiment mechanised under the big three year plan announced by the War Office.
The portrait depicts him when he was Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Hussars.
LCpl S. Hosell served with QRH between 2021-23. He died on the 29th of December 2023.
With the build up to D-Day 80 we must also remember that the 3rd, 4th and 7th Hussars were all fighting in the so called soft underbelly of Italy in 1944.
The following extract is from Corporal Frank Wallbank’s War, 3rd King’s Own Hussars.
Lt John Hodges, M.C. served with the 3rd Hussars. He died on the 23rd of September 2014.