3rd The King's Own Hussars, 1890 - O'Beirne, Frank (artist)

OFFICERS UNIFORM POST 1881 – UNDRESS UNIFORM

Although various editions of dress regulations referred to the lace on forage caps as being of regimental pattern, there was little to determine what that should be. The 1878 regulation states that the lace should match the trouser lace but photographic evidence suggests that it wasn’t so.

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7th Queen's Own Hussars, 1886 - Norie, Orlando, 1832-1901 (artist)

HUSSAR REGIMENTS 1881

It would naturally take some time for the “Hussar craze” to contaminate the United Kingdom after sweeping over the Continent. The dash of attire and behaviour displayed on the Napoleonic battlefields in the service of France certainly made the best impression, and in due time the British Army started changing her Light Dragoon Regiments into Hussars, in dress and in title. Hussars had appeared in the British army around 1806 and there were four regiments at the end of the…

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The British Army’s most senior armoured regiment. Formed in 1993, it has served on several deployments, including the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

REGIMENTAL UNIFORMS, THE EARLY YEARS

Regimental Uniforms: The 1700’s to the 1900’s The forebears of the Queen’s Royal Hussars have undergone many changes in Regimental Title and Uniform since 1685 when The Queen Consort’s Regiment of Dragoons (later The 3rd King’s Own Hussars) was first raised.

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