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Table of Contents

The Plume of the Prince

of Wales.

The Rising Sun.

The Red Dragon.

TITLES.

1715–51. Colonel Humphrey Gore's (or its Colonel's name) Regiment of Dragoons.

1751–83. The 10th Dragoons.

1783–1806. The 10th, or Prince of Wales's Own Light Dragoons.

1806–11. The 10th, or Prince of Wales's Own Hussars.

1811 (from). The 10th, The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Hussars.

PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.

* "Honours" on the Colours.

1746. Falkirk.

1746. Culloden.

1758–63. Germany.

1759. Minden.

1760. Warbourg.

1760. Campen.

1761. Kirk Denkern.

1762. Wilhelmstahl.

1763. Grœbenstein.

*1808–14. Peninsula.

1808. Sahagun.

1809. Benevente.

1809. Corunna.

1813. Morales.

1813. Vittoria.

1813. Pyrenees.

1814. Orthes.

1814. Toulouse.

*1815. Waterloo.

1855. Eupatoria.

*1855. Sevastopol.

*1878–79. Afghanistan.

*1878. Ali Masjid.

*1884. Egypt.

1900. South Africa.

Uniform.—Scarlet (1715–83); Blue (from 1784). Facings, Deep Yellow (1715–1811); Scarlet (1811–1819); Blue (from 1819); Helmet-plume, Black and White.

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.]

The White Horse (of Hanover).