The King's
Royal Hussars
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The 10th Royal Hussars (PWO)
Brigadier Humphrey Gore raised the 10th, or Gore's, Dragoons in 1715 in the face of the Jacobite rebellion but never saw action in that particular campaign due to it's early demise. The Regiment did very little for 30 years carrying out tasks in support of civil law and order. Gore's Dragoons become Churchill's Dragoons in 1723 when Colonel Charles Churchill succeeded Gore as the Commanding Officer. Churchill was in turn succeeded by Field Marshal Viscount Cobham on his death in 1745. The Jacobite rebellion of 1745 saw the Regiment finally undertaking the task for which they had been formed some 30 years earlier and seeing action at Falkirk and Culloden. The Regiment reverted to it's title of The 10th dragoons in 1751 and took part in the seven year war with France from 1756 - 1763. the Regiment earned its first battle honour at Warburg in 1760. (This was also the first battle honour for the 11th dragoons). Return to England saw a reversion to the police type duties they had carried out previously.
On 29 September 1783 the Regiment saw itself retitled as 10th, or Prince of Wales's Light Dragoons as a result of the value that had been attached to heavy troops. In 1796 the colonel of the Regiment was His Royal Highness George, Frederick, Prince of Wales and as a direct result of this the Regiment found itself carrying out a large variety of royal escort duties. The prince paid for tailored uniforms for his troops and following the military trends of the day the Regiment were gradually dressed as Hussars and become the first Regiment to be fully dressed in this manner. This form of dress also meant that all officers and soldiers were directed to sport moustaches.
Churchill's Dragoons 1742
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