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The Eleventh (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars.
Оглавление"Treu und Fest."
The Crest and Motto of the late
Prince Consort.
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.
Bibliography.—Historical Record of the 11th, or Prince Albert's Own Regiment of Hussars. 1715–1842. [London: Parker. 1843.]
