Honouring Thomas Brown, The Valiant Dragoon!
With the help from Lt Col (retd ) Paul Hodgson our curator Andy travelled to Yarm to commemorate Thomas Brown, a hero of the regiment.
With the help from Lt Col (retd ) Paul Hodgson our curator Andy travelled to Yarm to commemorate Thomas Brown, a hero of the regiment.
The Gong has an important part to play in the interior domestic economy, if one may use the term, of the British Army.
The image above represents a trooper of the 3rd Hussars plying his trade as shoe-maker.
Lieutenant J. Bobrowski was a member of the Polish 2nd Corps.
Sgt Harrison enlisted in July 1940 in the 7th Bn. The Suffolk Regiment which converted to the 142nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps in October 1941.
The Silver War Badge was issued in the United Kingdom to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness during World War I.
The 3rd King’s Own Hussars were the first cavalry regiment mechanised under the big three year plan announced by the War Office.
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.
WO1 (RSM) D. D. Bunker served with the 3rd Hussars. He died on the 2nd of March 1989.