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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.
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.
10th Hussars John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham , GCB , PC (12 April 1792 – 28 July 1840), also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in Canadian history texts as Lord Durham , was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor General and high commissioner of British North America .
Major-General John Vaughan, CB, DSO, DL, JP (31 July 1871 –21 January 1956) was a cavalry officer in the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars and the 10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars of the British Army. He fought in several conflicts on the African continent.
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]
Major-General Sir Reginald Walter Ralph Barnes KCB DSO DL JP (13 April 1871 – 19 December 1946) was a cavalry officer in the British Army.He served in several regiments, and commanded a battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry, the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars, the 111th Brigade, and three divisions.
An officer of the British 11th Hussars (PAO) in the full dress of 1856, including dolman, pelisse, busby and sabretache Hussars of the King's German Legion in 1813, all armed with the 1796 sabre The colourful military uniforms of hussars from 1700 onwards were inspired by the prevailing Hungarian fashions of the day.
Unfortunately General John Slade was tardy in moving off with the 10th Hussars; the French cavalry became aware of the proximity of the British cavalry and exited from the town to the east unmolested. [4] Slade apparently harangued his hussars with a lengthy and quite ludicrous speech, ending with the words: "blood and slaughter. March!"