13th Hussars
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The 13th Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army raised in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War and the First World War but then amalgamat
c. 1910 regimental cap badge for officers
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
1812 engraving of a regimental private
c. 1842 illustration of a regimental officer
13th/18th Royal Hussars
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The 13th/18th Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars in 1922 and, after service in the Second World
13th Hussars
…three centuries including the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War and the First World War but then amalgamated with the 18th Royal Hussars, to form the 13th/18th Royal Hussars in 1922. The regiment was raised in the Midlands by Richard Munden as Richard Munden’s Regiment of Dragoons in 1715 as part of the response to the…
Amphibious DD Tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars on D-Day; (note the folded flotation 'skirts' and twin propellers)
Tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars advance with No. 4 Commando on D-Day
Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944. Reverend Victor Leach, Padre of 13/18 Hussars, reading the burial service for a fallen tankman who was killed in action with the German 21st Panzer Division in the Hermanville-sur-Mer sector of Normandy, France. The dead man's comrades stand in silent tribute at the graveside.