What’s in a name?

A short overview of the naming conventions that have been adopted on our website.

As you explore our website you may be wondering as to why the spelling of our antecedent regiments throughout the website can sometimes be different, but refer to the same regiment. For example; 3H or 3rd Hussars.

The information throughout the website comes from many sources, that have been written using both the language and the style of the day.

As the purpose of our website is to “pull together” this information in one place to make your research easier these occurrences will inevitably happen.

To help you understand these differences we have put together a list showing not only the last official title of the antecedent regiment but those abbreviations and phrases that it is often referred to throughout the website.

3rd The King’s Own Hussars

Official Titles of the Regiment

  • 1685 – The Queen Consort’s Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1689 – Styled, Leveson’s Dragoons
  • 1714 – 3rd Regiment of Dragoons, The King’s Own Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1818 – 3rd King’s Own Light Dragoons, 1845, after the Battle of Moodkee in the 1st Sikh War, nicknamed Moodkee Wallahs
  • 1861 – 3rd King’s Own Hussars
  • 1921 – 3rd The King’s Own Hussars

Also referred to as:

3H, 3rd Hussars, 3rd K.O.Hussars, King’s Own Dragoons, Bland’s Dragoons.

4th Queen’s Own Hussars

Official Titles of The Regiment

  • 1685 – The Princess Ann of Denmark’s Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 – 4th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1788 – 4th (Queen’s Own) Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1818 – 4th (The Queen’s Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1861 – 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars
  • 1921 – 4th Queen’s Own Hussars

Also referred to as:

4H, 4th Hussars, 4LD, 4th Q.O.Hussars, 4th (Queen’s Own) Light Dragoons, 4th Light Dragoons, 4th Dragoons, Rich’s Dragoons.

7th Queen’s Own Hussars

Official Titles of The Regiment

  • 1690 – The Queen’s Own Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1715 – The Princess of Wales’s Own Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1727 – The Queen’s Own Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 – 7th (The Queen’s Own) Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1783 – 7th (The Queen’s Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1807 – 7th (The Queen’s Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
  • 1861 – 7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars
  • 1921 – 7th Queen’s Own Hussars

Also referred to as:

7H, 7th Hussars, 7th Q.O.Hussars, 7th (Queen’s Own) Light Dragoons, 7th Queen’s Own Dragoons.

8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars

Official Titles of The Regiment

  • 1693 – Henry Conyngham’s Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 – 8th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1775 – 8th Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1777 – 8th (The King’s Royal Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1822 – 8th (The King’s Royal Irish) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
  • 1861 – 8th (The King’s Royal Irish) Hussars
  • 1921 – 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars

Also referred to as:

8H, 8th Hussars, 8 K.R.I.Hussars, 8th KRI Hussars.

The Queen’s Own Hussars

Also referred to as:

QOH

The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars

Also referred to as:

QRIH, Irish Hussars.

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