The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1693. It saw service for three centuries including the First...
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George Hollis (8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) John Pearson (8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) Joseph Ward (8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) Cornet William...
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from the amalgamation of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars and the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958. The regiment saw active service against insurgents...
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Second World War. It amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958. The regiment was first raised...
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Timothy Daunt (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers)
Cambridge. Daunt was commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps in 1955 and posted to the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. After completing national service,...
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Jack Baldwin (RAF officer) (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers)
Colonel of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars from 1948 until 1958, when the unit amalgamated to form the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. In 1916 Jack Baldwin...
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Queen's Own Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) Heavy Armoured Brigade (Egypt) 1st Royal Tank Regiment 6th Royal Tank Regiment...
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Joseph Ward (VC) (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars soldiers)
forces. Ward was about 26 years old, and a sergeant in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed...
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John Pearson (VC) (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars soldiers)
Smart, a spinner. He was 33 years old and a private in the 8th Hussars (The King's Royal Irish), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following...
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James Champion (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars soldiers)
approximately 24 years old, and a Troop Sergeant-Major in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed...
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George Hollis (VC) (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars soldiers)
forces. He was about 24 years old, and a Farrier in the 8th Hussars (The King's Royal Irish), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following...
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the 18th Royal Hussars in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated with the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars to form the Light...
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Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers)
director. On 30 August 1929, he was promoted to lieutenant in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. With the outbreak of World War II, he was granted an emergency...
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For the 8th Dragoons in the British Army, see 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. The 8th Dragoon Regiment (8e régiment de dragons or 8e RD) was a cavalry...
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Squadron 7th Royal Tank Regiment, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) A27M Cromwell tank cruiser (Royal Tank Regiment, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars) A34 Comet...
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Charles Craufurd Fraser (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers)
the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars and was promoted to major-general in 1870. He was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cambridge lord-lieutenant of Ireland, from...
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John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers)
the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars on 28 February 1874, but there is no evidence that he ever served with them. He transferred to the 19th Hussars on 11...
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Irish regiments continued in service. These comprised the Irish Guards, the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars...
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The King's Own Hussars and 7th Queen's Own Hussars in 1958 Formed by the amalgamation of 4th Queen's Own Hussars and 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars in...
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James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers)
Northamptonshire. On 6 May 1824, at the age of 27, he joined the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. Making extensive use of the purchase of commissions system...
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Centurion tanks of C Squadron 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars under the command of Major Henry Huth, and by 55 Squadron Royal Engineers. The four battalions...
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Queen's Own Hussars". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007. "8th King's Royal Irish Hussars". regiments...
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between 1884 and 1895. The seventh baronet was a Colonel in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, who served in the Boer War and the First World War and was...
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formed by the amalgamation of two Hussar regiments, the 13th/18th Royal Hussars and the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, in 1992, reversing the mid-19th-century...
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George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (category 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars officers)
1800 – 10 November 1888), styled Lord Bingham before 1839, was an Anglo-Irish peer and military officer. He was one of three men, along with Louis Nolan...
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7th Queen's Own Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's...
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United Kingdom in the Korean War (section Royal Navy)
Royal Irish Hussars 5th Inniskillen Dragoon Guards 1st Royal Tank Regiment 7th Royal Tank Regiment Artillery 14th Regiment Royal Artillery Royal Navy's...
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Kotah-ki-Serai near the Phool Bagh of Gwalior, a squadron of the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars, under Captain Heneage, fought the large Indian force commanded...
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Own) Hussars 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 12th...
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17th Lancers George's – 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (gained Royal title in reign of King George III) The Geraniums – 13th Hussars The German Legion, or...
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