The regimental records of the British Army : $b a historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns, honours, uniforms, facings, badges, nicknames, etc.Farmer, John S.
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The regimental records of the British Army : $b a historical résumé chronologically arranged of titles, campaigns, honours, uniforms, facings, badges, nicknames, etc.
Farmer, John S.
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army -- Organization; Great Britain. Army -- Registers
REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Prince's Plume," "The Rising Sun," "The
Red Dragon" (from 1783, ancient Badges of the Princes of Wales).
Also "The White Horse."
NICKNAMES.--"Baker's Light Bobs" (when under the command of
Valentine Baker). "The Don't Dance Tenth" (an officer told his
hostess at a ball, "The Tenth Don't Dance"). "The Chainy Tenth"
(from the pattern of the pouch belt).
NOTES.--Raised in Hertfordshire and adjoining counties; the
regiment received its "baptism of fire" in the Jacobite rising of
1745. Since then its colours show its record.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 10th, The Prince of
Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Hussars._ 1715-1842. Illustrated
with plates. [London: Parker. 1843.]
_The Memoirs of the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)._
By Colonel R. S. Liddell, late 10th Hussars. Illustrated.
[London: Longmans. 1891.]
[Illustration: THE WHITE HORSE (OF HANOVER).]
The Eleventh (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars.
"_Treu und Fest._"
[Illustration: THE CREST AND MOTTO OF THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.]
[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]
TITLES.
1715-51. Brigadier-General Philip Honeywood's (or its Colonel's name)
Regiment of Dragoons.
1751-83. The 11th Dragoons.
1783-1840. The 11th Light Dragoons.
1840 (from). The 11th Prince Albert's Own Hussars.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1715. Jacobite rising.
1746. Culloden.
1760-63. Germany.
1760. Warbourg.
1760. Cassel.
1761. Kirk Denkern.
1762. Wilhelmstahl.
1762. Capelnhagar.
1762. Foorwohle.
1763. Grœbenstein.
1793-95. Flanders.
1793. Famars.
1793. Valenciennes.
1794. Cateau.
1794. Villers-en-Couché.
1794. Tournay.
1794. Martinique.
1794. Guadaloupe.
1795. Guildermalsen.
1799. Bergen.
1799. Egmont-op-Zee.
1799. Alkmaer.
*1801. Egypt.
1801. Aboukir.
1801. Mandora.
1801. Alexandria.
1805. Hanover.
*1811-13. Peninsula.
1811. El-Bodon.
*1812. Salamanca.
1812. Burgos.
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Netherlands.
*1826. Bhurtpore.
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Balaclava.
*1854. Inkerman.
1855. Eupatoria.
*1855. Sevastopol.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (1715-83); Blue (1783-1830); Scarlet (1830-40);
Blue (from 1840). Facings: Buff (1715-1840); Blue (from 1840).
Plume, Crimson and White.
REGIMENTAL BADGES.--"The Crest and Motto (_Treu und Fest_) of the
late Prince Consort"; also "The Sphinx" for Egypt (1801).
NICKNAMES.--"The Cherry-pickers" (from Peninsula times, a
detachment having been taken prisoners in a fruit-garden during
the campaign). "The Cherubims" (from the crimson overalls).
NOTES.--Raised in Essex and adjoining counties. It is stated the
regiment was first mounted on grey horses, and bore the motto,
"_Motus Componere_." Its present title was bestowed because it
escorted the Prince Consort on the occasion of his marriage to
Her Majesty.
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