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The 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the
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raised in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the
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and
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but then amalgamated with the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) to form the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) in October 1969.


History


Early history

The regiment was formed at
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in 1715 as Gore's Regiment of Dragoons, one of 16 raised in response to the 1715 Jacobite rising. The Rising ended before the unit was ready for action; while most of these temporary formations were disbanded in 1718, Gore's remained in being and spent the next 25 years on garrison duty, primarily in the
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. It first saw active service during the 1745 rising, at the Battle of Falkirk Muir in January 1746 and the
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in April. As part of the reforms enacted by the
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, it was retitled the 10th Regiment of Dragoons in 1751. During the 1756 to 1763
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, it took part in the June 1758 Raid on St Malo, followed by the battles of
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in August 1759, Warburg in July 1760 and Kloster Kampen in October, where the commanding officer, Colonel William Pitt, was badly wounded and taken prisoner. It then fought in the Allied victory at Villinghausen in July 1761, which forced the French onto the defensive and ultimately led to the Treaty of Paris in 1763. In 1779, the light troop was detached to form the 19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons; in 1783, it became the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons in honour of the future
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. As a result of its connection with the Prince of Wales, the regiment became known for elaborate and expensive uniforms and the high personal income required to be an officer. In June 1794,
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, an arbiter of men's fashion in
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London, was given a commission as
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but resigned in 1795 when it moved from London to
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.


Napoleonic Wars

In 1806, the regiment was again re-designated, this time becoming a
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regiment as the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars), and sailed for Corunna in Spain in November 1808. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Sahagún in December 1808Cannon, p. 37 and the Battle of Benavente later in December 1808 during the
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. At Benavente the regiment captured General
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, the French cavalry commander. The regiment then took part in the
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in January 1809 before returning to England. In 1813, having landed once more in Spain, the regiment fought at the Battle of Morales in June 1813. During the battle the regiment destroyed the 16th French Dragoons between
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and Zamora, taking around 260 prisoners. The regiment also fought at the
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later in the month while still in Spain and then, having advanced into France, fought at the
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in February 1814 and the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814. As part of the 6th Cavalry Brigade, the regiment charged the French cavalry and infantry at the
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in June 1815.


Victorian era

The regiment was sent to
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in 1846 and then saw action at the Siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854 and at the Battle of Eupatoria in February 1855 during the
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. In 1861, it was renamed the 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Ali Masjid in November 1878 during the
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and at the First and Second Battles of El Teb in February 1884 during the
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. With the outbreak of the
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, the regiment sailed for
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in November 1899. After fighting at Colesberg, the regiment participated in the relief of Kimberley in February 1900. It was also involved at the Battle of Diamond Hill in June 1900. Following the end of the war in 1902 they went to India. Almost 375 officers and men left
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on the SS ''Lake Manitoba'' in September 1902, arriving at
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the following month and was then stationed at Mhow in Bombay Presidency. The regiment was next deployed in action on the North-West Frontier in 1909.


The First World War

The regiment, which was based at
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in
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at the start of the war, returned to the UK and then landed at
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with the 6th Cavalry Brigade in the 3rd Cavalry Division in October 1914 as part of the British Expeditionary Force for service on the Western Front.


Inter-war

After the war the regiment saw brief service in Ireland. On 22 June 1921 it provided the royal escort for
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when he opened the first
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. Two days later the train carrying the detachment back to the south was mined, killing and wounding twenty-four hussars and eighty of their horses. The regiment returned to the UK in 1921 and was retitled the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own). Deploying to Egypt in 1929 and India in 1930, the regiment returned to the UK in 1936 and began the process of mechanisation. It was assigned to the 2nd Armoured Brigade of the 1st Armoured Division in 1939. At the same time, it became part of the
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.


The Second World War

With the outbreak of war, the 1st Armoured Division deployed to France. It fought in northern France and Belgium, returning to England without any vehicles in June 1940. In December 1940, a group of personnel was detached to form the cadre of the 23rd Hussars. In November 1941, the regiment deployed to North Africa with the 2nd Armoured Brigade, joining 7th Armoured Division. Now equipped with Crusader tanks, it saw action in
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, at the Battle of Alam el Halfa in August 1942 and at the
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in October 1942. At El Alamein the regiment captured General Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, the German Deputy Commander. The regiment then fought both as an armoured unit and as dismounted infantry during the Italian Campaign in 1944 and 1945.


Post-war

The regiment was deployed to
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in
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as an armoured regiment in the
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in 1946. It moved to Epsom Barracks in
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in 1948 and then returned to the UK in July 1953. It then deployed to
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in
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in February 1956 in operations in support of the Jordanian Government: 19 members of the regiment were killed in an air crash at El Quweira in April 1957. After returning to the UK again in July 1957, the regiment moved to Swinton Barracks in
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in July 1959 and then transferred to Barker Barracks in
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in June 1960. It returned home again in March 1964 and then deployed to
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in August 1964 during the
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. The regiment moved to York Barracks in Munster in September 1965 and after returning home in September 1969, amalgamated with the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) to form the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) in October 1969.


Regimental museum

The regimental collection is held by HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars which is based at Peninsula Barracks in
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.


Battle honours

The regiment's battle honours were as follows: *''Early wars'': Warburg, Peninsula, Waterloo, Sevastopol, Ali Masjid, Afghanistan 1878–79, Egypt 1884, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899-1902 *''The Great War'': Ypres 1914 '15, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Frezenberg, Loos, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917, Somme 1918, St. Quentin, Avre, Amiens, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914-18 *''The Second World War'': Somme 1940, North-West Europe 1940, Saunnu, Gazala, Bir el Aslagh, Alam el Halfa, El Alamein, El Hamma, El Kourzia, Djebel Kournine, Tunis, North Africa 1942–43, Coriano, Santarcangelo, Cosina Canal Crossing, Senio Pocket, Cesena, Valli di Commacchio, Argenta Gap, Italy 1944-45


Uniform

The regiment wore standard red dragoon coats with "deep yellow" facings until the dark blue uniform and crested helmet of light dragoon was authorized in 1784. Hussar dress was adopted through a series of separate measures, culminating with the introduction of a busby in 1809. Until 1914 the entire regiment wore dark blue hussar uniform for
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with a red busby bag, yellow braiding, white plume and yellow stripes on their riding breeches. Officers had a distinctive pattern of criss-crossed gilt metal decoration on their pouch-belts, which gave the regiment its nickname of "The Chainy 10th".


Regimental band

The regimental band dates back to as early as 1786. In the 1850s, the band served with the regiment in
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and then in
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. On the occasion of the Coronation Durbar in December 1911, when King
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visited India, trumpeters of the regiment were granted permission to wear the royal livery. When the regiment moved to
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, the band became very popular with the public. The band also accompanied the regiment in India during the 1920s and 30s. It was one of the first bands to visit troops in France after the
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. The band then served with the hussars in
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during the
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. In 1961 it was paraded for the last time, with the last Drum Horse of the 10th Royal Hussars. When the regiment returned to Tidworth to amalgamate with the 11th Hussars in 1969, to form The Royal Hussars, the two regimental bands were merged.


Victoria Crosses

* Sergeant Henry William Engleheart - Second Boer War, 13 March 1900 * Lieutenant Sir John Milbanke, 10th Baronet - Second Boer War, 5 January 1900


Commanding Officers

The Commanding Officers have been: *1959–1962: Lt.-Col. John M.D. Ward-Harrison *1962–1965: Lt.-Col. William S.P. Lithgow *1965–1968: Lt.-Col. John B. Willis *1968–1969: Lt.-Col. Bernard C. Greenwood


Colonels-in-Chief

*1898–: F.M. King Edward VII *1910?–: F.M.
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*1937–: F.M.
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, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO


Regimental Colonels

Colonels of the Regiment were: ;Humphrey Gore's Regiment of Dragoons *1715–1723: Lt-Gen. Humphrey Gore *1723–1745: Lt-Gen. Charles Churchill *1745–1749: F.M. Sir
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*1749–1780: Gen. Sir John Mordaunt, KB ;10th Regiment of Dragoons (1751) *1780–1796: Gen. Sir William Augustus Pitt, KB ;10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (1783) *1796–1820: Col. The Prince Regent ;10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars) (1811) *1820–1843: Gen. Charles William Vane Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCB, GCH *1843–1863: Gen. Henry Beauchamp Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp ;10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars (1861) *1863–1901: F.M. Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO *1901–1912: Maj-Gen. Lord Ralph Drury Kerr, KCB *1912–1924: Maj-Gen. Hugh Richard Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe, KCVO, CB, CIE ;10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)(1921) *1924–1935: F.M. Sir Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO *1935–1939: Brig-Gen. Thomas Walter Brand, 3rd Viscount Hampden, GCVO, KCB, CMG *1939–1947: Col. Victor John Greenwood, MC *1947–1949: Lt-Gen. Sir Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie, GCMG, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC *1949–1952: Lt-Gen. Sir Charles Henry Gairdner, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, CB *1952–1962: Brig. Charles Barnet Cameron Harvey, DSO *1962–1969: Maj-Gen. Sir David Dawnay, KCVO, CB, DSO (to Royal Hussars) *''1969: Regiment amalgamated with 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) to form The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)''


Alliances

* - Nelson Marlborough Mounted Rifles


Notable former members

*
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* Peter H. Jackson *
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* John Boyle O'Reilly * William Stuttaford *
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* Robert Pate *
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References


Sources

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