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The 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army raised in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the First World War and Second World War but then amalgamated with the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) to form the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) in October 1969.
Commanding nine squadrons of the 9th and 10th Hussars and the 21st Chasseurs at the outbreak of the War of the Fourth Coalition, [7] Trelliard fought at the Battle of Saalfeld on 10 October 1806. During this action, Quartermaster Guindet of the 10th Hussars killed Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia in personal combat. [8]
He was among the last group of five soldiers who received the Victoria Cross, from Queen Victoria before her death. [3] In 1977 his twin sons followed their late father's wish and donated Engleheart's medals to the 10th Hussars regimental museum. [5] They are now displayed at The King's Royal Hussars Museum in Winchester.
The bodies were returned to RAF Habbaniya and were buried with full military honours in the RAF/CWGC cemetery on 27 April 1957. [5] The bodies lie in Plot 5 Row B Graves 1–7. The personnel who died were 3 RAF crew, 18 10th Hussars troops, 5 REME soldiers and 1 Army Catering Corps soldier.
Anthony Bacon formerly of the 10th Hussars [2] was a Waterloo hero who won the Waterloo Medal. In 1826, after Lord Lucan's purchase of the colonelcy of the 17th Lancers, he sold out in despair. Initially, he sent in his papers to the Duke of Wellington, but these were returned. He then sold his commission. [3]
John Clement Wallington was born in Ealing, Middlesex, on 25 July 1790. [1] Wallington joined the 10th Hussars, then known as the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Regiment of Light Dragoons, on 21 October 1813, becoming a cornet.
Marshall was commissioned as a cornet in the 10th Hussars on 18 September 1849. [1] He was promoted to lieutenant on 16 September 1851 [2] and, after transferring to the 1st Regiment of Dragoons on 14 October 1851, [3] he saw action in the Crimean War [4] and was promoted to captain on 4 February 1859. [5] Marshall was promoted further to major ...
In 1818 he went the 10th Hussars to Bristol and in 1819 to Edinburgh. He was at this time extremely concerned about the plight of the common soldiers who were discharged into a country that had run up an enormous national debt in order to pay for the war, that was experiencing catastrophic harvests, and that was suffering severe outbreaks of ...