Motto: "_Treu und Fest_" (True and Steadfast). _Uniform_, Blue. _Overalls_, Crimson. _Head-dress_, Busby with crimson and white plume, and crimson busby bag. Band, grey fur busbies. _Horse plume_, Black and white. _Forage cap_, Crimson. Linked Regiment, 13th Hussars. Special arm badge for Sergeants, Crest and Motto of the late Prince Consort. 11th (Prince Albert's Own) HUSSARS Raised in 1697, and afterwards disbanded. Raised again in 1715 and later received the title of the "Prince Albert's Own," because it formed Prince Albert's escort, from Dover to Canterbury, on his arrival in England in 1840, to be married to Queen Victoria. The regiment was present at the Alma and at Inkerman, and was one of the five regiments which, under the leadership of Lord Cardigan, its former Colonel, rode "into the jaws of death," at Balaklava. One of the regiment, Trooper Hope, also rode in the charge of the Heavy Brigade on the same occasion. He did so without permission and started without arms. Nicknames: "The Cherry Pickers," also "The Cherubims," from its crimson overalls, being the only regiment in the British Army entitled to wear overalls of that colour. Also known as "Lord Cardigan's Bloodhounds." [Illustration] (_Depot_, Woolwich.) The Sphinx superscribed "Egypt." "Peninsula," "Waterloo," "South Africa, 1851-2-3." "Sevastopol," "Central India," "Relief of Kimberley," "Paardeberg," "South Africa, 1899-1902." _Uniform_, Blue. _Facings_, Scarlet. _Head-dress_, Lance Cap, black leather, with upper part and top of scarlet cloth; scarlet plume. _Forage cap_, Scarlet. Allied Regiment, 12th Manitoba Dragoons of Canada. Linked Regiment, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers. Special arm badge for Sergeants, Prince of Wales's Plume. It has been the custom in this regiment for the band to play five hymns every evening at tattoo. One version of the legend is that it was a punishment for breaking into a monastery during the Peninsular War, the punishment to last a hundred years. Another version is that these hymns were presented to the officers by Pope Pius VI for the band to play. Whoever originated the custom we can all sympathise with the unfortunate bandsmen who have to carry out the bequest. 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) LANCERS The regiment was raised in 1715, and served uninterruptedly in Ireland for 76 years. It won high reputation during the Peninsular War. It subsequently fought gallantly at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo. It was one of the regiments summoned from India to the Crimea, proceeding there by way of the Red Sea and across the desert to Alexandria. It subsequently returned to India and bore a distinguished part in the operations in Central India under Sir Hugh Rose during the Mutiny. Nicknamed the "Supple Twelfth" at Salamanca, from its dash and rapidity of movement, in action. [Illustration] (_Depot_, Dublin.)