The Road to Corunna – November 1808
The Road to Corunna – November 1808 In September, 1808, the 10th Hussars, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George Leigh, marched from their base at Brighton for the docks at Portsmouth, where they embarked on board ship, bound for Spain. They were delayed in Stokes Bay until finally sailing on 31st October, arriving […]
The 11th Hussars in the Charge of the Light Brigade
The 11th Hussars in the Charge of the Light Brigade 25th October 1854 saw one of the most famous military blunders in history – the Charge of the Light Brigade. This action was part of the Battle of Balaclava, in the ill-fated Crimean War between Great Britain, France, Turkey and their allies against Russia. For […]
The 10th Royal Hussars in France, 1940
The 10th Royal Hussars in France, 1940 At the outbreak of the second Wold War in September, 1939, the 10th Hussars were stationed at Aliwal Barracks Tidworth (where the King’s Royal Hussars are stationed today), as part of the 2nd Armoured Brigade of the 1st Armoured Division, In the brigade, the Tenth served alongside […]
An Inspection at Blackheath in May 1789: “Masters of Their Business”
An Inspection at Blackheath in May 1789: “Masters of Their Business” In May 1789, following protests at the appalling financial situation in France, Louis XVI was forced to convene a meeting of the Estates-General for the first time since 1614. This was the first sign that the absolute monarchy in France was weak, and […]
Exercising The Horses
Exercising The Horses As cavalry regiments, the 10th Royal Hussars and 11th Hussars depended on fit, healthy mounts and this month we highlight one aspect of good horse-keeping: swimming is not only healthy exercise for humans, but also for horses. These photographs come from the Journal of the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own), kept […]
Henry William Engleheart V.C.
Henry William Engleheart V.C. Henry William Engleheart was born on the 14th November 1868 in Blackheath, London. The son of a stockbroker, Henry chose a military career and joined the 10th Royal Hussars in August 1887 aged 19. Interestingly his recruiting officer Lieut J Byng, later went on to become Field Marshall Byng of […]
Lieutenant Robert Flint ‘Bob’ Drake, 10th Royal Hussars (PWO)
Lieutenant Robert Flint ‘Bob’ Drake, 10th Royal Hussars (PWO) In early 1915, Lieutenant Colonel T T Pitman, Commanding Officer of the 11th Hussars, took a photograph of the graves of a group of British cavalry officers buried in the small Belgian town of Ypres. Three of those commemorated were officers of the 10th Hussars, a […]
The Crown Prince
The Crown Prince On 4th August 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany. HorsePower contains a slightly unusual memento of the pre-war period – a page from the illustrated magazine The Sphere of July 1911 depicting the Crown Prince of Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Victor August Ernst of Prussia, Colonel-in-Chief of the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s […]
The 11th Light Dragoons in the Peninsula War
The 11th Light Dragoons in the Peninsula War On 4th May 1811, the 11th Light Dragoons sailed from Plymouth, bound for Portugal and the war against Napoleon. On 30th May, Colonel Henry Cumming, 32 officers, 36 sergeants, eight trumpeters and 642 men arrived at Lisbon to fight in the Peninsula War during which they […]
The Great War
The Great War On 28th July 1914, the armies of Austro-Hungary invaded Serbia in retribution for the murder of the heir to the Empire’s throne by Balkan nationalists. A sequence of events led, on 4th August, to Great Britain declaring war in defence of Belgian neutrality: the war was to last over four long […]