The 3rd King’s Own Hussars

The 3rd (The King’s Own) Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685.

It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War, before being amalgamated with the 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, to form the Queen’s Own Hussars in November 1958.

3rd HUSSARS: RIFLE WOOD 1st APR 1918

Between the 21st of March and the 2nd of April, as the Germans pushed almost to the gates of Amiens, the 3rd Hussars had already paid a terrible price, 6 officers and 122 other ranks, killed and wounded. But the bloodiest battle was yet to come at Rifle Wood, on April the 1st, after the 2nd Cavalry Division had received an urgent call to join the Fifth Army in front of Amiens. Rifle Wood was the last of a series…

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