History of the 10th

The Regiment was raised in Hertfordshire and surrounding counties by Brigadier Humphrey Gore in 1715, as the Tenth Regiment of Dragoons. This was in response to the Jacobite Rising. Mounts were to be no more than fifteen hands high. The Regiment never saw action against the Jacobites.

Law and revenue enforcement was the Regiment’s duty at home for the next 30 years. Pay for a Private was 1s 9p per day less the cost of food.

Extracted from The 10th Royal Hussars Gazette July 1913

Jan 1723

Colonel Charles Churchill Appointed In Place Of Brigadier Gore (Retired).

Jan 1723

Jun 1745

Field Marshall Richard Lord Cobham Appointed Colonel In Place Of Col. Churchill (Died) March Against Young Pretender

Jun 1745

Jan 1746

Fought At Falkirk, And Culloden, “Charged And Completed The Victory”

Jan 1746

Jan 1757

Rochefort Expedition, Seven Years War. Overwintered At Paderborn, Germany.

Jan 1757

Jul 1760

July 31st; Routed French At Minden. Major Davenport Killed In Action, October

Jul 1760

Sep 1763

Returned To England

Sep 1763

Sep 1764

Reviewed Favourably By King George III

Sep 1764

Sep 1780

Posted To Various Billets In England And Scotland

Sep 1780

Sep 1783

“It Is The King’s Pleasure That The Tenth Regiment Of Light Dragoons Shall Be Called “The Tenth Or P.W.O. Regiment Of Light Dragoons” With The Motto Of “Ich Dien”.

Sep 1783

Prince Of Wales Became Colonel Commandant Of The Regiment. Carried Out Escort Duties To The Royal Family.

Sep 1783

Sep 1793

Cornetcy Confered To Beau Brummel By Prince Of Wales. Brummel Resigned Three Years Later When The Regiment Was Posted To Manchester.

Sep 1793

Sep 1806

Officially Renamed “Hussars”.

Sep 1806

Sep 1809

Arrived Back In Brighton

Sep 1809

Sep 1811

Prince Of Wales Becomes Prince Regent. Confirmed Title Of “Royal” To The Tenth. Regiment Runs First Horse Race Over Hurdles At Brighton On The Downs.

Sep 1811

Vittoria, Seize 143 Cannon And Loot. Lt.-Colonel Quentin Returned After An Absence Due To A Ruptured Blood Vessel. Moral Sinks And Wellington Notices.

Sep 1811

Sep 1813

Peninsula Wars. Morales – Tenth Overruns Enemy Lines. Wellington Writes “The Tenth Have Had A Very Handsome Affair – Their Loss Is Small But They Must Have Destroyed The Enemy’s 16th Dragoons.”

Sep 1813

April 12th – Toulouse. Hostilities Cease. Regiment Embarks For Brighton July 24th. Officers Despatch Letter Of Complaint To HRH About Colonel Quentin, Who Is Court-Marshalled. Lt.-Colonel Palmer Is Chosen To Prosecute. After HRH Influence Quentin Is Aquitted. Quentin Remains In Command And Most Officers Move To Other Regiments. They Become Known As “The Elegant Extracts.”

Sep 1813

Sep 1814

Regiment Moves From Brighton To Romford.

Sep 1814

Regiment Moves From Brighton To Romford.

Sep 1814

Sep 1815

In March The Regiment Surpresses Corn Law Riots In London. In April Napoleon Lands At Ostend On His Return To France. The Tenth Join The 6th Hussar Brigade Under The Earl Of Uxbridge, Serving Under Brigade Commander Sir Vivian Hussey. 16th June Cover Retreat From Quatre Bras To Waterloo. 18th June Battle Of Waterloo. Cover Extreme Left Of Army. Colonel Quetin Shot In The Foot; Command Passes To Lord Robert Manners. Regiment Withheld Until The Evening When Ordered To Charge. Put French Curasseurs To Flight And Napoleon’s Elite Imperial Guard Are Routed. Instilled General Panic In French Ranks. Moved To Paris

Sep 1815

Sep 1816

In January The Tenth Move To Brighton. Used For Revenue Enforcement Form Hastings To Worthing. Later Part Of The Tenth Moved To The West Country For Tax Enforcement.

Sep 1816

Sep 1819

Move To Scotland For Two Years. George III Dies And Prince Of Wales Becomes George IV. Lord Stewart Becomes Colonel.

Sep 1819

Sep 1821

Return To Hounslow. Present At The Coronation Of George IV. Return To Brighton.

Sep 1821

Sep 1822

Move To Ireland; Cahir And Dublin. Here The Regiment Is Christened “The Shiny Tenth”.

Sep 1822

Sep 1824

Colonel Sir George Quintin Retires. Lt.-Colonel Henry Wyndham Is Appointed As His Successor. ( One Of The Elegant Extracts.)

Sep 1824

Sep 1825

The Tenth Returns To England And Is Posted To The West Country.

Sep 1825

Sep 1826

The Regiment Moves To Northampton. 2 Squadrons Sent To Spain For Two Years.

Sep 1826

Sep 1829

The Tenth Move To Leeds

Sep 1829

Sep 1830

King George IV Dies And Is Succeeded By William VI. All Favouritism For The Tenth Hussars Ends. All Hussars Are Now Dressed Alike.

Sep 1830

Sep 1831

The Tenth Move To Dublin

Sep 1831

Sep 1836

The Regiment Moves To Scotland

Sep 1836

Sep 1837

Regiment Moves To Yorkshire. King William IV Dies And Queen Victoria Is Crowned. The Tenth Act As Royal Escort At The Coronation Followed By A Move To The West Country.

Sep 1837

Sep 1840

Move To Northampton

Sep 1840

Sep 1841

The Tenth Move To Dublin.

Sep 1841

Sep 1842

Move To Ballingcollig And Cahir. Colonel Wyndham Retires And Is Replaced By Major General The Hon. Beauchamp Lygon.

Sep 1842

Sep 1845

Move To York.

Sep 1845

Sep 1846

Posted To India For The First Time. Strength Increased From Six To Nine Troops. Arrived In India On The 8th May And Spent The Next Eight Years At Kirkee Near Poona.

Sep 1846

Sep 1855

Leave Kirkee And Shipped To Cairo And Marched Across Land To Alexandria And Shipped To Balaclava, Crimea, Arriving On The 17th April After 109 Days Travel.The Tenth Were Involved In No Great Battles But Used Extrensively For Reconnaisance And Skirmishes.

Sep 1855

Sep 1856

Leave Crimea And Arrive Home In May And June, Having Left The Horses With The Turkish Government. Awarded Sevastopol Medal. Regiment Reduced To 6 Troops. Colonel Wilkie Retires And Colonel Valentine Baker Appointed.

Sep 1856

Sep 1858

Move To Aldershot. Colonel Baker Introduces Many New Ideas In Training And Troop Life. Move To York.

Sep 1858

Sep 1863

16th April Albert Edward, Prince Of Wales Is Gazzetted To Command Of The Tenth Hussars In Place Of Earl Beauchamp.

Sep 1863

Sep 1865

Regiment Moves To Aldershot.

Sep 1865

Sep 1869

Hockey On Horseback. The First Game Of Polo, Introduced By The Tenth Hussars, Is Played At Hounslow Heath Against The 9th Lancers. The Tenth Wins.

Sep 1869

Sep 1872

Exercise In Wiltshire. 30,000 Troops Take Part. Colonel Valentine Baker’s Policy Of Buying Only Blood Horses Proves A Winning Strategy.

Sep 1872

Sep 1873

January Sail On Troopship Jumna To India. Colonel Baker Retires. Lt-Colonel Molyneux Takes Over. Stationed At Muttra. Under R.A. Tuition A Very Efficient Artillary Section Is Introduced.

Sep 1873

Sep 1876

Acted As Guard Of Honour To The Prince Of Wales In Delhi. Colonel Molyneux Retires. Replaced By Lt.-Colonel Lord Ralph Kerr.

Sep 1876

Sep 1877

Attended Imperial Assembly At Delhi

Sep 1877

Sep 1879

Moved To Rawal Pindi. First Regiment To Enter Afghanistan After Hostilities Break Out On November 19th Under Major-General Roberts.

Sep 1879

Action At Matun Under Command Of Bridagier General C. Gough V. C. November Action At Ali Musjid. March 31st Kabul River Disaster When The Tenth Lost One Officer And 46 N.C.O.S And Other Ranks. Action At Fattehabad Was Decisive. Returned To Rawal Pindi. Regiment Loose Further 37 Men To Cholera In Kyber Pass.

Sep 1879

Sep 1880

Regiment Moves To Lucknow

Sep 1880

Sep 1881

Lt.-Colonel A. Wood Succeeds Colonel Ralph Kerr

Sep 1881

Sep 1884

Embark At Bombay Onto Troopship Jumna For England. Diverts To Suakim In Sudan To Join Pasha Baker And Egyptian Army For Successful Action At El Teb And Trinkatat. Continue To England. Posted To Shornecliffe. June 27th H.R.H. Prince Of Wales Presents Egypt Medals To Regiment. Colonel Wood Replaced By Lt.-Colonel R. Liddell.

Sep 1884

Sep 1887

Tenth Hussars Take A Leading Roll In The Jubilee Celebrations For Queen Victoria. Colonel Liddell Retires And Replaced By Lt.-Colonel Viscount Downe.

Sep 1887

Sep 1889

The Prince Of Wales Barracks With The Tenth Hussars At York For Three Days. Reviews The Regiment On The Knavesmere.

Sep 1889

Sep 1890

Detachment Sent To North Wales To Enforce Tythe Collection.

Sep 1890

Sep 1891

Move To Curragh, And Later Dublin, Ireland

Sep 1891

Sep 1892

January 14th Duke Of Clarence Dies At Sandringham.20 Officers And Men Bare Coffin At The Funeral In Windsor.

Sep 1892

Sep 1894

Regiment Moves To Ballingcollig

Sep 1894

Sep 1895

Move To Newbridge

Sep 1895

Sep 1896

Lt.-Colonal Fisher-Childe Succeeds Colonel Wood.

Sep 1896

Sep 1897

Tenth Returns To Aldershot. Attended The Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Of Queen Victoria. The Tenth Was Probably The Only Regiment, With The Exception Of The Household Troops To Attend Her Majesty’s Coronation And Both Jubilees.

Sep 1897

Sep 1898

Move To Canterbury

Sep 1898

Sep 1899

2nd South Africa War. Sail From Liverpool November 3rd And 4th. A And Part Of B Squadron Aboard S.S. Ismore, Remainder On S. S. Columbia. The Ismore Is Delayed By Storms In The Irish Sea, And On Reaching South Africa Coast At Paternoster Bay Takes A Short Cut And Subsequently Strikes Rocks And Sinks At 2 Am. By 8 Am Most Troops Are On Dry Land, With Only 17 Horses Saved. Brigaded Under General French.

Sep 1899

Sep 1900

5th January Sir John Milbanke Won Victoria Cross For Bravery. Under Lord Roberts The Regiment Fight At Modder River – 4th Feb. Relief Of Kimberley – 15th Feb. Poplar Grove – 7th March. Dreifonteine – 10th March. Sergeant Engleheart Wins The Victoria Cross. Modder River – 29th March. Battle Of Welkom – 4th May. Zand River – 9th May. Diamond Hill – 11th June. Earl Of Airlie Killed. October Colonel Fisher-Childe Retires And Replaced By Lt-Colonel Alexander.

Sep 1900

Sep 1901

Fought At Halfonteine – 12th January. Entrained For Cape Colony – 16th July. Spent The Rest Of The Year Mopping Up The Enemy. Old Comrades Association Formed

Sep 1901

Sep 1902

Hostilities Cease 24th June. Colonel Alexander Retires And Is Succeed By Lt.-Colonel The Hon. J. Byng. The Regiment Is Joined By All Its Scattered Troops And Celebrates The Coronation Of Their Colonel-In-Chief, His Majesty King Edward VII In Malmesbury (S.A.). 22nd September The Regiment Boards For Shipment To India. Colonel Byng Returns Home After A Fall From A Horse. Lt-Colonel Kavanagh Appointed. Proceed To Station At Mhow.

Sep 1902

Sep 1905

The Regiment Escorts The Prince And Princess Of Wales In Bombay.

Sep 1905

Sep 1907

Move To Rawal Pindi. Lt.-Colonel Vaughan Suceed To Command. The XRH Regimental Gazette Is First Published. Editor Captain R. Pillinger

Sep 1907

Dec 1912

Regiment Attend Delhi Coronation Durbar And Take A Prominent Role Under A New Commander, Colonel Barnes. 10th Win Their Sixth Successive Inter-Regimental Polo Tournament

Dec 1912

Nov 1913

Tenth Hussars Move To Bloemfontaine, South Africa. Move To Potchefstroom

Nov 1913

Nov 1915

Tenth Join 8th Cavalry Brigade Under Division Commanader Major-General Hon. J. Byng

Nov 1915

Colonel Barnes (Twice Wounded At Ypres) Succeeded By Lt-Colonel Shearman. 7 Officer Killed 85 O.R. Wounded

Nov 1915

8th Cavalry Brigade Combined With 6th Cavalry Brigade. Lt. Colonel Wickham Takes Command. Tenth Move To Hooge – Training And In Reserve. September Fight In Battle Of Loos.

Nov 1915

Nov 1917

June Lt.-Colonel W. O. Gibbs Takes Command. Dismounted Parties Engage In Line Duties. Nov. And Dec. Dismounted Parties Night Patrolling After Battle Of Cambrai.

Nov 1917

Nov 1918

August Fight At Amiens, Arras, Drocourt And See More Action At Honnechy. 5 Officers Wounded, 7 O.R. Killed And 58 Wounded. 106 Horses Lost. Move To Manancourt. Move To Konigshaven In December Lt.-Colonel Seymore Takes Command.

Nov 1918

Nov 1919

May. Return To Canterbury

Nov 1919

Nov 1920

April: Move To West Ireland. Escort Duties For The State Opening Of Parliament In Northern Ireland By George V. Troop Train Derailed Between Dublin And Belfast; 2 Killed.

Nov 1920

Nov 1921

Return To Canterbury

Nov 1921

Nov 1923

Lt.-Colonel Malise Graham Appointed Commander

Nov 1923

Nov 1924

Field Marshall Viscount Julian Byng Appointed Colonel. Move To Aldershot.

Nov 1924

Nov 1928

Lt.-Colonel Greenwood Appointed Commander. Win Inter-Regimental Polo Tournament. Move To Cairo.

Nov 1928

Nov 1930

Move To Meerut, India For What Will Be The Last Ever Deployment To India.

Nov 1930

Nov 1931

Lt.-Colonel Willoughby-Norris Appointed Too Command.

Nov 1931

Nov 1933

Win Inter-Regimental Polo Cup

Nov 1933

Nov 1935

Lt–Colonel B. Hutchison Appointed To Command.

Nov 1935

Nov 1936

Win Inter-Regimental Polo Cup. Return To England. Mechanisation Begins. Colonel-In-Chief, George V Dies. H.R.H. The Duke Of Gloucester Appointed.

Nov 1936

Nov 1937

Tenth Wins Inter-Regimental Polo Cup At Hurlingham.

Nov 1937

Tenth Wins Inter-Regimental Polo Cup At Hurlingham.

Nov 1937

Nov 1938

Regiment Is Equipped With 18 Year Old Mk IV Light Tanks In Mechanization Move.

Nov 1938

Nov 1939

Colonel V. J. Greenwood Succeeds Colonel Viscount Hampden As Commander. When War Is Declared In September The Tenth Have Only One Squadron With New Cruiser Tanks That Is Deployed To The B. E. F. Remaining Squadrons Posted To Defense Of East Coast, Stationed At Newmarket.

Nov 1939

Nov 1940

Home Troops Move To Holt, Norfolk Where They Receive More Tanks. April Lt.-Colonel Hignett Takes Command. 21st May Embark At Southampton For Cherbourg; En-Train To Le Mans. 24th May See Action; Lt. Richmond Killed. Failed Action At Bridgehead Near Huppy; 20 Tanks Captured Or Destroyed By Enemy.

Nov 1940

June 7th Withdrew To Position South Of The Seine. June 15th Ordered To Move To Brest. June 16th Embark Onto Manxmaid For Plymouth. 4 Officers And 17 O. R. Killed, 5 Officers And 3 O. R. Wounded And 32 O. R. Captured. Move To Wiltshire.

Nov 1940

Training And Anti-Invasion Duties. June Sees Lt.-Colonel C. B. Harvey Appointed To Command. Embark At Greenock For Suez Via Cape. Arrive Nov. 17th, Equipped With American Honey And Crusader Tanks

Nov 1940

Training And Anti-Invasion Duties. June Sees Lt.-Colonel C. B. Harvey Appointed To Command. Embark At Greenock For Suez Via Cape. Arrive Nov. 17th, Equipped With American Honey And Crusader Tanks

Nov 1940

Nov 1942

March 24th Join New Zealanders In South. El Hamma Taken. March 28th Action At Djebel, Fatnassa And Metzzouna. Advance Through Tunisia Destroying Enemy Tanks. Campaign Ends 13th May. Move To Azzizia, South Of Tripoli. Inspected By King George VI June 21st. Moved To Boufarik, Algiers September 30th.

Nov 1942

June 22th Saunna – Contact With Enemy. Capture 30 Italian Soldiers And 2 Officers. Enemy Drawn From Approach To Brigade HQ. 5 Officers And 12 O. R. Killed, 20 O. R. Wounded. Grant Tanks Withdrew From Charuba. May 26th Battle Of Knightsbridge. May 30th Withdrew From Sollum To Re-Fit. Lt.-Colonel J.P.Archer Shee Assumes Command.

Nov 1942

Regiment Re-Equip With Sherman Tanks. October 23rd Battle Of Alamein; Advance To Kidney Ridge. 29th Regiment Withdrawn After Having Lost Just 6 Tanks. Nov. 2nd Advance To Tel-El-Aqqaqir Under Heavy Fire. Nov. 4th Advance Under Fire; General Thoma, German Commander Captured. Lt-Colonel Archer-Shee Wounded. Major Wingfield Takes Command, Appointed Lt.-Colonel.

Nov 1942

Nov 1944

September 12th Regiment Support Attack By Ghurkas And Is Successful. Move To Ripa Blancha Ridge To Support Gurhkas Until Sept. 22nd, Crossing River Marrchia. Regiment Loose 3 Officers And 4 O. R. Killed, With 11 Officers And 12 O. R. Wounded.

Nov 1944

Octoober 18th Capture Of Cesena. Cross Cosina Canal November 19th. Cross River Marjeno Nov. 24th, And Assist In Crossing Lamone River December 4th.

Nov 1944

Nov 1945

January 16th Join 2nd Armoured Brigade. Fight Dismounted As Infantry And Machine-Gun Troops. Relieved March 2nd. April 3rd, Move To Ravenna. Heavy Action In April. Lt. W. G. Waugh And Sgt. W. Fairhill DCM Killed. May 2nd Hostilities In Italy Cease.

Nov 1945

History Timeline

Timeline

Jan 1723

Colonel Charles Churchill appointed in place of Brigadier Gore (Retired).

Jun 1745

Field Marshall Richard Lord Cobham appointed Colonel in place of Col. Churchill (Died) March against Young Pretender

Jan 1746

Fought at Falkirk, and Culloden, “Charged and Completed the Victory”

Nov 1749

Major-General Sir John Mordaunt K.B. appointed Colonel to replace Colonel Lord Cobham

Jan 1757

Rochefort Expedition, Seven Years War. Overwintered at Paderborn, Germany.

Jul 1760

July 31st; Routed French at Minden. Major Davenport killed in action, October

Sep 1763

Returned to England

Sep 1764

Reviewed favourably by King George III

Sep 1780

Posted to various billets in England and Scotland

Sep 1783

“It is the King’s pleasure that the Tenth Regiment of Light Dragoons shall be called “The Tenth or P.W.O. Regiment of Light Dragoons” with the motto of “Ich Dien”.

Sep 1783

Prince of Wales became Colonel Commandant of the Regiment. Carried out escort duties to the Royal Family.

Sep 1793

Cornetcy confered to Beau Brummel by Prince of Wales. Brummel resigned three years later when the Regiment was posted to Manchester.

Sep 1806

Officially renamed “Hussars”.

Sep 1808

October 17th and 18th the Regiment embarked from Portsmouth for Corunna. Engaged at Sahagun and Benevente, where they distinguished themselves

Sep 1809

Arrived back in Brighton

Sep 1811

Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent. Confirmed title of “Royal” to the Tenth. Regiment runs first horse race over hurdles at Brighton on the downs.

Sep 1811

Vittoria, seize 143 cannon and loot. Lt.-Colonel Quentin returned after an absence due to a ruptured blood vessel. Moral sinks and Wellington notices.

Sep 1813

Peninsula Wars. Morales – Tenth overruns enemy lines. Wellington writes “The Tenth have had a very handsome affair – Their loss is small but they must have destroyed the enemy’s 16th Dragoons.”

Sep 1813

April 12th – Toulouse. Hostilities cease. Regiment embarks for Brighton July 24th. Officers despatch letter of complaint to HRH about Colonel Quentin, who is court-marshalled. Lt.-Colonel Palmer is chosen to prosecute. After HRH influence Quentin is aquitted. Quentin remains in command and most officers move to other regiments. They become known as “The Elegant Extracts.”

Sep 1814

Regiment moves from Brighton to Romford.

Law and revenue enforcement was the Regiment’s duty at home for the next 30 years. Pay for a Private was 1s 9p per day less the cost of food.

History Timeline

Timeline

Jan 1723

Colonel Charles Churchill appointed in place of Brigadier Gore (Retired).

Jun 1745

Field Marshall Richard Lord Cobham appointed Colonel in place of Col. Churchill (Died) March against Young Pretender

Jan 1746

Fought at Falkirk, and Culloden, “Charged and Completed the Victory”

Nov 1749

Major-General Sir John Mordaunt K.B. appointed Colonel to replace Colonel Lord Cobham

Jan 1757

Rochefort Expedition, Seven Years War. Overwintered at Paderborn, Germany.

Jul 1760

July 31st; Routed French at Minden. Major Davenport killed in action, October

Sep 1763

Returned to England

Sep 1764

Reviewed favourably by King George III

Sep 1780

Posted to various billets in England and Scotland

Sep 1783

“It is the King’s pleasure that the Tenth Regiment of Light Dragoons shall be called “The Tenth or P.W.O. Regiment of Light Dragoons” with the motto of “Ich Dien”.

Sep 1783

Prince of Wales became Colonel Commandant of the Regiment. Carried out escort duties to the Royal Family.

Sep 1793

Cornetcy confered to Beau Brummel by Prince of Wales. Brummel resigned three years later when the Regiment was posted to Manchester.

Sep 1806

Officially renamed “Hussars”.

Sep 1808

October 17th and 18th the Regiment embarked from Portsmouth for Corunna. Engaged at Sahagun and Benevente, where they distinguished themselves

Sep 1809

Arrived back in Brighton

Sep 1811

Prince of Wales becomes Prince Regent. Confirmed title of “Royal” to the Tenth. Regiment runs first horse race over hurdles at Brighton on the downs.

Sep 1811

Vittoria, seize 143 cannon and loot. Lt.-Colonel Quentin returned after an absence due to a ruptured blood vessel. Moral sinks and Wellington notices.

Sep 1813

Sep 1814

Regiment moves from Brighton to Romford.