Obituary: Capt G.N.R. Whitfield, M.C.
Capt GNR Whitfield, MC served with the 8th Hussars. He died in 1951.
Capt GNR Whitfield, MC served with the 8th Hussars. He died in 1951.
Lt JCF Walker served with the 8th Hussars. He was killed in action on the 6th of October 1951 in Korea.
Capt GHF Beith, RAMC was attached to the 8th Hussars. He was killed on the 8th of October 1951 whilst serving in Korea.
Lt CG Alexander served in the 8th Hussars. He was killed in action on the 4th of January 1951 in Korea.
Capt DL Astley Cooper served in the 8th Hussars. He was killed in action on the 4th of January 1951.
General Sir John Hackett, Colonel of The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars from 1969 to 1975, died aged 86 at his home, Coberley Mill, on 9 September 1997.
Edward Seager was born on 11 June 1812, and, after serving in the ranks for nine years and one hundred and eighty-eight days from 1832, became a Cornet of the 8th Light Dragoons on 17 September 1841.
The 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars had spent a year in England after the Crimean War before being called to India to help suppress the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and by February 1858 they were ready for war.
Sgt Ron Hearn and his crew of RECCE Troop pose in front of a knocked-out 88mm in Wietzendorf.
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.