The King's				Royal Hussars

The 10th Royal Hussars (The Napoleonic Years)     "The Regiment become the 10th, or Prince of Wales's Hussars officially in 1806 and formed part of the first Hussar Brigade under command of Major General Lord Paget".   During 1808 the Regiment were engaged in action against the French at Sahagun, Mayorga and Benaventa under command of Sir John Moore, the following year the Regiment were evacuated from Corunna having been forced to shoot their horses to save their capture by the French. The Prince of Wales became Regent during 1811 and the Regiment were again retitled as the 10th The Prince of Wales's Own Royal Hussars.   In 1808 Private Grisdall captured General Count Lefebvre Desouettes, the commander in chief of the French cavalry and was promoted to the rank of Sgt by the Prince Regent himself.   During 1813 the Regiment were again in Spain, this time under command of The Duke of Wellington's Army seeing action at Morales and Vitoria. The Regiment were also at Orthes in 1813 and Toulouse in 1814.   After a brief spell in England the Regiment were sent as part of the 6th Hussar Brigade to Belgium in 1815 they took up their place on the Left flank of the Army after covering the withdrawal of the Army to Waterloo.    In commemoration of the battle of Waterloo a silver trumpet was commissioned with the words "Purchased by desire of the Soldiers of The Tenth or Prince Regent's own Hussars with part of the prize money arising from the enemies horses captured by their Brigade under the command of Major General Sir H Vivian KCB at the battle of Waterloo 18 June 1815"   The Regiment decided the day for the Duke of Wellington when they routed the French heavy Cavalry near La Belle Alliance causing the French troops to panic under their cavalry charge.   "The Regiment were always impeccably turned out and due to their glittery appearance were nicknamed "The Shiny Tenth" in the 1820's, which was eventually shortened to "The Shiners". The Regiment were very proud of this honour and adopted the saying as meaning outshone by none " 10th , or, Prince of Wales's Own Hussars c 1815 (Richard Simkin)