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.]
[Illustration: THE WHITE HORSE (OF HANOVER).]
The Eleventh (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars.
"_Treu und Fest._"
[Illustration: THE CREST AND MOTTO OF THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.]
[Illustration: THE SPHINX.]