The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1693. It saw service for three centuries including the First and Second World Wars. The regiment survived
Crest of the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
c. 1751 painting of a regimental private
The regiment (left) at the Battle of Laswari
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (1850) Robert Richard Scanlan
Rani of Jhansi
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The Rani of Jhansi, also known as Rani Lakshmibai, was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The queen consort of the princely state of Jhansi from 1843 to 1853, she assumed its
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
…celebrated action of the war came three months later at Gwalior when a squadron of the 8th, under Captain Heneage fought a large Indian force under Rani Lakshmibai trying to leave the area. The 8th Hussars charged into the enemy, killing swathes of Indian soldiers, taking two guns and continuing the charge right…
A posthumous depiction of the Rani of Jhansi dressed for battle
The Rani Mahal, home of the Rani 1853–1858
An 1882 photograph of Jhansi Fort
A 1914 depiction of Lieutenant Bonus, the first British soldier over the walls of Jhansi to survive. Two lieutenants who preceded him, surnamed Dick and Maiklejohn, were both killed.