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Royal Hussars Cap Badge
This Sale is for the Cap Badge as formerly worn by the Royal Hussars (The "Cherry Pickers"). A fine Regiment that was swallowed up by 'Options for Change' in 1992, and was amalgamated with the 14th/20th King's Hussars Regiment to form the King's Royal Hussars (KRH).
Brand new staybrite anodised other ranks Cap Badge, approx. 41mm high, complete with it's mounted slider, and made by the London, Badge & Button Company.
Guaranteed new/unissued and in mint condition.
Brief Regimental History
The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was a Cavalry Regiment of the British Army from 1969 to 1992.
The Regiment was formed at Perham Down by the amalgamation of the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own), and 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) on 25 October 1969. It was initially based at Bhurtpore Barracks in Tidworth Camp as part of 5th Infantry Brigade and deployed several units to Cyprus and several units to Northern Ireland over the next two years. It transferred to 6th Armoured Brigade and moved to Athlone Barracks in Sennelager in July 1973, from where it continued to deploy units to Northern Ireland. In April 1979 most of the regiment moved to Cambrai Barracks at Catterick Garrison while one squadron deployed to Smuts Barracks in Berlin as Berlin Armoured Squadron.
The regiment joined 7th Armoured Brigade and moved to Lumsden Barrack at Bad Fallingbostel in 1981, and became the first unit to be equipped with Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank in 1983. It deployed a unit to Northern Ireland for guarding duties at the Maze Prison in 1986. It transferred to 1st Infantry Brigade based at Bhurtpore Barracks in Tidworth Camp in November 1988, and then moved back to West Germany to join 4th Armoured Brigade with its base at Swinton Barracks in Munster in December 1990.
Battle Honours
10TH ROYAL HUSSARS, (PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN) Raised in 1715 as Gore's Dragoons, becoming in 1751 the 10th Dragoons and in 1806 the 10th Hussars.
Battle Honours
- 1756 - 1763 Warbung during the Seven Years War
- 1808 - 1814 The Peninsula war
- 1815 Battle of Waterloo
- 1854 - 1855 Sebastopol during the Crimean War
- 1878 - 1879 Ali Masjid, Afghanistan during the Second Afghan War
- 1878 - 1879 Egypt during the Sudan War
- 1899 - 1902 Relief of Kimberley, and Paardeburg during The Boer War
- 1914 - 1918 Ypres 1914, 1915, Frezenberg, Loos, Arras 1917, 1918 Somme 1918, Avre, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Selle, Cambrai 1918 Pursuit to Mons, during the Great War
- 1939 - 1945 Somme 1940, Saunni, Gazala, El Alamein, El Hamma, Coriano, Santaercangelo, Valli di Comacchio, Argenta Gap.
Victoria Cross Awards - Two Victoria Cross's were awarded to members of the Regiment during the Boer war.
Henry William Engleheart VC (14 November 1863 – 9 August 1939) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Engleheart was 36 years old, and a Sergeant in the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own), British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:
At dawn on the 13th March, 1900, the party that had destroyed the railway north of Bloemfontein had to charge through a Boer piquet and get over four deep spruits, in order to make their way back through the Boer lines. At the fourth spruit Sapper Webb's horse failed to get up the bank and he was left in a very dangerous position. In face of a very heavy rifle and shell fire, and, notwithstanding the great chance of being cut off, Sergeant Engleheart returned to Sapper Webb's assistance. It took some time to get the man and his horse out of the sluit and the position became momentarily more critical owing to the advance of the Boers. He was, however, at last successful, and, retiring slowly, to cover Webb's retreat, was able to get him safely back to the party. Shortly before this, Sergeant Engleheart had shown great gallantry in dashing into the first spruit, which could only be reached in single file and was still full of Boers hesitating whether to fly or fire. Had they been given time to rally, they must have destroyed the small party of British, as they outnumbered them by 4 to 1.
Englehart was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Barnet.
He later achieved the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at The King's Royal Hussars Museum in Winchester.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Peniston Milbanke, 10th Baronet VC (9 October 1872 – 21 August 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Milbanke was born the son of Sir Peniston Milbanke, 9th Baronet, in London. In 1886 he began attendance at Harrow School, where he became a close friend of Winston Churchill. He joined the Army in 1892.
Milbanke was 27 years old, and a Lieutenant in the 10th Hussars, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place near Colesberg for which he was awarded the VC:
On the 5th January, 1900, during a reconnaissance near Colesberg, Sir John Miibanke, when retiring under fire with a small patrol of the 10th Hussars, notwithstanding the fact that he had just been severely wounded in the thigh, rode back to the assistance of one of the men whose pony was exhausted, and who was under fire from some Boers who had dismounted. Sir John Miibanke took the man up on his own horse under a most galling fire and brought him safely back to camp
In 1914, having retired from the Regular Army, he became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Sherwood Rangers. He was killed in action at Suvla, Gallipoli, Turkey, on 21 August 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at The King's Royal Hussars Museum in Winchester, England.
11TH HUSSARS (PRINCE ALBERT'S OWN) Raised in 1715 as Honywood's Dragoons and in 1751 becoming the 11th Dragoons, and changing again 1840 to the 11th Hussars.
Battle Honours.
- 1756 - 1763 Warbung during the Seven years War
- 1793 - 1802 Beaumont, Willems during the French Revolution
- 1808 -1814 Salamanca, during the Peninsula war
- 1815 Battle of waterloo
- 1826 Revolt of Rajah of Bhurtpore
- 1854 - 1855 Alam, Balaclava, Inkerman, Sebastopol during the Crimean war
- 1914 - 1918 Le Cateaux, Retreat from Mons, marne 1914, Aisne 1914 Messines 1914, Ypres 1914, 1915, Somme 1916, 1918, Cambrai 1917, 1918 Amiens
- 1939 - 1945 Villers Bocage, Roer, Rhine, Egyptian Frontier 1940, Sidi Barrani, Beda Fomm, Sidi Rezegh, 1941, El Alamein, during the second World War.
Victoria Cross Awards - One Victoria Cross awarded during the Crimean war, at Balaclava.
Alexander Roberts Dunn VC (15 September 1833 – 25 January 1868) was the first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was born in York (later Toronto) in 1833, the son of John Henry Dunn, and studied at Upper Canada College and at Harrow School, England. He purchased a commission in the Hussars in 1852.
Dunn was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 when he was 21 years of age and serving in the British Army's 11th Hussars. Dunn rescued a Sergeant by cutting down two or three Russian Lancers who had attacked from the rear. Later in the battle he killed another Russian who had been attacking a Private.
He sold his commission at the end of the Crimean War but rejoined the Army in 1858 as a Major in the 100th Regiment of Foot. He exchanged into the 33rd Regiment of Foot, in 1864 in which Regiment he remained until his death in the Abyssinian War.
Dunn was promoted to the rank of Colonel in 1864 and commanded the 33rd Regiment at the start of the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia, but was killed in unusual circumstances during a hunting accident at Senafe before the military part of the campaign started. He was the first Canadian to command a British Army Regiment.
His grave (in present day Eritrea) had been neglected for many years but was repaired in 2001 by a group of Canadian Forces engineers from CFB Gagetown.
For over 50 years his medals were on display in the main foyer of his old School, Upper Canada College, in Toronto. In 1977, due to a number of recent thefts and "losses" of Victoria Cross medals the School replaced the VC with a copy and moved the original to their Bank Safe Deposit Box.
Service Locations
It mostly served in Germany, as a heavy armoured Regiment of the British Army of the Rhine, with several tours to Northern Ireland. One Squadron was stationed with the Berlin Brigade in 1979, and occasional detachments travelled overseas to the US, Cyprus, and Hong Kong, among other deployments. In 1983, whilst with the 7th Armoured Brigade, the Regiment became the first unit to be equipped with the Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank.
The Recce Tp was in Belize 3/89-9/89. B Sqn was based at Harman Lines, Warminster as the RAC Demonstration Sqn at the School of Infantry. C Sqn was the UKMF Armd Sqn with 14 Chieftains. However the Regimental History states "The Regiment as a whole came under command of HQ United Kingdom Mobile Force and in August 1989 and February 1990, took part in two major exercises, Crimson Rambler 1 and 11, on Salisbury Plain."
Amalgamation
On 4 December 1992, the Regiment was amalgamated with the 14th/20th King's Hussars to form The King's Royal Hussars.
Uniform and Colours
The Regiment is known for wearing the crimson trousers that were Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg's family colour. Prince Albert was escorted from Dover to London by the 11th Hussars prior to his marriage to Queen Victoria. He was subsequently appointed Colonel (in-chief) of the 11th Hussars (hence the crimson trousers).
Notable members
- Jon Bosley - Texas Publisher
- Alexander Horace Cyril Kearsey DSO, OBE was a highly decorated career British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and the First World War. He was also an English cricketer, but his military career limited his cricketing appearances. The son of Francis Kearsey, he was born at Burstow Hall, Surrey. He was educated at Rottingdean School and Clifton College, before attending the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. After graduating from Sandhurst, Kearsey was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment on 7 May 1896. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 7 May 1896, and was later promoted to Lieutenant in 1900. Kearsey fought in the Second Boer War, being present at the Relief of Ladysmith. During the operations in the Relief, Kearsay was severely wounded at Venters Spruit on 20 January 1900. The following month, having recovered from his injuries sufficiently enough, he took part in action at Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz and toward the end of February, action at Tucela Heights and Pieters Hill. Kearsey later took part in operations in Natal from March to June 1900, including at the Battle of Laing's Nek. He also took part in operations in Transvaal Colony from May to June 1901 and operations in Orange River Colony from December 1901 to 31 May 1902. Mentioned twice in dispatches during the course of the war by Sir Redvers Buller, he was also mentioned in the London Gazette in a list of soldiers and officers who had distinguished themselves in the conflict. Weeks later he was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, with the insignia being presented by Edward VII on 14 March 1902.
Following the Boer War, Kearsey was promoted to Captain on 12 March 1904, while the following year he was transferred to the 10th Royal Hussars. He then served in the Territorial Force as an Adjutant from March 1908 to April 1911. With the outbreak of the First World War, Kearsey attended the Staff College, Camberley, and was promoted to Major on 11 November 1914. At the start of the war, he was posted as part of the Embarkation Staff at Southampton, following which he procceded to Belgium with the 1st Life Guards, 7th Cavalry Brigade. He took part in the First Battle of Ypres and saw action at Neuve-Chapelle. In 1915, he was attached to the Staff of the 7th Cavalry Brigade, and August 1915 he was appointed Brigade Major with the 1/2nd South-Western Mounted Brigade, seeing action in Gallipoli. He later commanded the 5th Dorset Regiment for months, till May 1916. Following this, he was appointed GS01 with the 54th Division, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, seeing action at the first and Second Battle of Gaza, both of which ended in Ottoman victories. He later commanded 1/5th King's Own Scottish Borderers, seeing action at the Battle of El Teb, during the course of which he was wounded. At the time he was a temporary Lieutenant Colonel. For his services in the conflict, Kearsey was decorated by the Kingdom of Serbia with the Order of the Karadorde's Star, 4th Class with Swords and the Order of the Nile. Transferring to the fledgling Royal Air Force, he commanded the Cadet Wing and was appointed Staff Officer, 1st grade on 28 December 1918. During his life, Kearsey published a number of his records including, The War Records of the York and Lancaster Regiment, South Africa, 1900–1902,1903, which detailed his time with the York and Lancaster Regiment in the Boer War. He also published records of the campaign in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War. He later wrote a number of books analysing military strategy.
Kearsey died in Wandsworth, London on 8 October 1967. He had survived his wife Frances, who had died in 1951, by 16 years †
Alliances
The regiment's alliances included:
Canada 1st Hussars
Australia 10th Light Horse
| Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) | |
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 Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) Cap Badge |
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| Active | 1969 - 1992 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Army |
| Type | Line Cavalry |
| Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
| Size | One Regiment |
| Nicknames | The 'Cherry Pickers' |
| March | Quick: The Merry Month of May |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel-in-Chief | Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester |
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