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Authors
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T.F.
Mills |
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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
15.07.2006
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Warburg,
Beaumont, Willems,
[Egypt]1,
Salamanca, Peninsula,
Waterloo, Bhurtpore,
Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman,
Sevastopol
The Great War: Mons,
Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines
1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914 '15, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde,
Somme 1916 '18, Flers-Courcelette, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917,
Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Rosières, Amiens, Albert
1918, Hindenburg Line, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Selle, France
and Flanders 1914-18
The Second World War:
Villers Bocage,
Bourguébus Ridge, Mont Pincon, Jurques, Dives Crossing, La
Vie Crossing, Lisieux, Le Touques Crossing, Risle Crossing, Roer,
Rhine, Ibbenburen, Aller, North-West Europe 1944-45, Egyptian
Frontier 1940,
Withdrawal to Matruh, Bir Enba, Sidi Barrani, Buq Buq, Bardia
1941, Capture of Tobruk, Beda Fomm, Halfaya 1941, Sidi Suleiman,
Tobruk 1941, Gubi I II, Gabr Saleh, Sidi Rezegh 1941, Taieb
el Essem, Relief of Tobruk, Saunnu, Msus, Defence of Alamein Line,
Alam el Halfa, El Alamein, Advance on Tripoli, Enfidaville,
Tunis, North Africa 1940-43, Capture
of Naples, Volturno Crossing, Italy 1943
1. the Sphinx badge superscribed "Egypt".
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
blue; crimson
overalls
headdress: busby with crimson busby-bag (authorised 1840 by
Queen Victoria) |
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1715.07.22 |
Gen. Sir Philip Honywood, KB
[also 2nd Horse, 3rd Dgns,
Honywood's Foot] |
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1732.05.29 |
Gen. Lord Mark Kerr |
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1752.02.08 |
Gen. William Henry (Kerr), 4th Marquess
of Lothian, KT (Earl of Ancram) |
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1775.04.26 |
Gen. James Johnston (senior) |
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1785.02.04 |
Gen. Hon. Thomas Gage [also
17th Light Dgns, 22nd
Foot, 60th Foot, 80th
Foot; C-in-C
North America] |
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1787.04.04 |
Gen. Sir Joseph (Yorke), 1st Baron Dover,
KB |
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1789.03.14 |
F.M.
Studholme Hodgson |
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1798.10.23 |
Gen. William John (Kerr), 5th Marquess of
Lothian, KT |
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1813.01.27 |
Gen. Lord William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,
GCB, GCH [also 20th Dgns;
Gov. Madras 1803-07, Gov. Gen. India 1828-35] |
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1839.06.22 |
Gen. Lord Charles Henry Somerset Manners,
KCB |
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1839.11.08 |
Lt-Gen. Philip Philpot |
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1840.04.30 |
F.M.
HRH Francis Albert
Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (The
Prince Consort), KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, KSI |
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1842.04.25 |
Gen. Sir Arthur Benjamin Clifton, GCB, KCH |
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1842.08.30 |
Gen. Charles Murray (Cathcart), 2nd Earl
Cathcart (Lord Greenock), GCB |
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1847.11.19 |
Gen. Sir Henry Wyndham, KCB |
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1860.08.03 |
Lt-Gen. James Thomas (Brudenell), 7th Earl
of Cardigan, KCB |
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1868.03.29 |
Gen. George William Key |
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1871.11.19 |
Gen. Charles Hagart, CB
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1873.05.23 |
Gen. Sir Archibald Little, GCB |
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1875.03.08 |
Gen. William Neville Custance, CB |
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1886.02.08 |
Gen. William Charles Forrest, CB |
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1902.04.02 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Arthur Lyttleton Lyttleton-Annesley,
KCB, KCVO |
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1926.02.17 |
Maj-Gen. Thomas Tait Pitman, CB, CMG |
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1939.10.09 |
Brig-Gen. Sir Archibald Fraser Home, KCVO,
CB, CMG, DSO |
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1945.07.12 |
Maj-Gen. John Frederick Boyce Combe, CB,
DSO |
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1957.07.12 |
Col. Adam Trevor Smail, DSO |
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1965.06.01 |
Col. Sir John Charles Arthur Digby Lawson,
Bt, DSO, MC [to 1969; continued 1971 in Royal Hussars] |
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Motto: |
Treu und Fest |
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Nicknames: |
The Cherrypickers |
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Anniversaries: |
El
Alamein (23 Oct.) |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
quick:
themes from 1st Act of Moses in Egypt (Gioacchino Rossini,
arr. Operti)
slow: Coburg (Prince
Albert)
other (1928): The Old Grey Mare (adopted upon mechanisation) |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Regimental
Journal: |
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The XI Hussars
journal. |
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Full Histories:
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Cannon, Richard. Historical record
of the Eleventh, or the Prince Albert's Own Regiment of Hussars :
containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715 and
of its subsequent services to 1842. London : J.W. Parker,
1843. (Historical records of the British Army) |
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Brett-Smith, Richard. The 11th Hussars
(Prince Albert's Own). London : Leo Cooper, 1969. (Famous
regiments) ISBN: 0850520150 |
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Williams, Godfrey Trevelyan. The historical
records of the Eleventh Hussars, Prince Albert's Own. London
: Newnes, 1908. |
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Lumley, Lawrence Roger. History of
the Eleventh Hussars (Prince Albert's Own), 1908-1934. London
: The Royal United Service Institution, 1936. |
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Clarke, Dudley. The Eleventh at war,
being the story of the XIth Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) through
the years 1934-1945. London : M. Joseph, 1952. |
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Osborne, Keith. Berlin or bust.
Chester : K. Osborne, 2000. |
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Keown-Boyd, Henry. Remember with advantages
: a history of the Tenth, Eleventh and Royal Hussars, 1945-1992.
London : Leo Cooper, 1994. ISBN: 0850523826 |
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Short Histories:
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Regimental history of the 11th Hussars
(Prince Albert's Own). Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1925. |
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A short history of the XI Hussars
(Prince Albert's Own). Aldershot : s.n., 1930. |
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11th Hussars Prince Albert's Own 'The
Cherrypickers'. London : Page, [ca. 1963] |
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Special Topics: |
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Smith, Henry Stooks. An alphabetical
list of the officers of the Eleventh, or Prince Albert's Own, Regiment
of Hussars, from 1800 to 1850. London : Simkin, Marshall &
Co., 1850. |
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Nesbitt, A.A. A history of the uniform
of the Eleventh Hussars. In: XI Hussars journal, 1960,
p. 177-187. |
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Cox, Bernard William. The dress distinctions
of the 11th Hussars (P.A.O.). [s.l.] : Langridge's
Military Publications, 1960. |
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