8th HUSSARS SOMME 1916,18 1st JUL – 18th NOV 1916
The 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars were involved in …
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8th HUSSARS: LESWARREE 1st NOVEMBER 1803
The 8th, commanded by Colonel Thomas Packenham Vandeleur, played a key role in the victory over the Marathas at Leswarree…
JAMES ROBERT. B. ARMSTRONG
27th October 1915 the Belfast News-Letter informed its readers that North Irish Horse Lieutenant James Robert. B. Armstrong had transferred to the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars. Armstrong revealed the main reason for his move in a letter to his father – that he was finding it hard to afford the lavish messing being insisted on by the squadron’s senior officers! He wrote: “… any mess I have been to out here has been a good deal cheaper than ours.…
HUSSAR HEROES ON THE IMJIN: RICHARD NAPIER
Richard Napier, (a tank commander in the battle) in his book From Horses to Chieftains recalls:
