3rd HUSSARS: TOULOUSE 10th APRIL 1814
The assault on Toulouse on Easter Sunday, the 10th of April, 1814, should never had happened…
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3rd HUSSARS: VITTORIA 21st JUNE 1813
The battle began on the morning of the 21st of June, 1813.
By sunset the British were in possession of the town, and the French were in full flight towards Pamplona.
3rd HUSSARS: SALAMANCA 22nd JULY 1812
When dawn broke on the 22nd, the armies were drawn up less than two miles apart, with most of the British hidden behind a range of low hills…
3rd HUSSARS: THOMAS BROWN
On 27th June 1743, King George II led his Army into battle near the village of Dettingen …
3rd HUSSARS 1926
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 LIGHT DRAGOONS – INDIA
In 1845 the regiment served in the First Sikh War at Moodkee, Ferozeshah and Sabraon.
TRADITION DIES HARD
Church parade 1939 last parade in puttees Spurs and pants for the 3rd Hussars
ARTHUR RAMSAY VAN CORTLAND
The Sandhurst Trust has been doing some research into graffiti at the Academy. Clearly having an unusual surname (VAN CORTLANDT ) did not deter this Gentleman cadet from carving his name in an oak library table, over 150 years ago. The son of an Indian Army General, Arthur James Ramsay Van Cortland entered Sandhurst in 1869 aged 18 years and 9 months. Originally commissioned into the 21st Hussars in December 1870, he transferred to the 3rd Hussars the following year.…
