3rd (King’s Own) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Bristol
August 1914 : at Shorncliffe, part of 4th Cavalry Brigade in Cavalry Division.
17 August 1914 : landed at Rouen.
16 September 1914 : Cavalry Division renamed as 1st Cavalry Division.
14 October 1914 : Brigade transferred to 2nd Cavalry Division.
4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Dublin
August 1914 : at Richmond Barracks in Dublin, part of 3rd Cavalry Brigade in Cavalry Division.
18 August 1914: landed at Le Havre in France.
6 September 1914 : Brigade transferred to Gough’s Command.
13 September 1914 : Gough’s Command renamed as 2nd Cavalry Division.
7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Bristol
August 1914 : in Bangalore in India, unbrigaded but under orders of 9th (Secunderabad) Division. Transferred to Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade in same Division in February 1915. Note this was a new brigade, not the one of the same name that was by now in France.
October 1915 : transferred to 4th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade in Meerut Divisional Area.
November 1917: left Brigade, moved to Mesopotamia. Came under orders of 11th Cavalry Brigade.
8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Dublin
August 1914 : in Ambala in India, part of the Ambala Cavalry Brigade.
Moved with Brigade to France as part of 1st Indian Cavalry Division, landed Marseilles 10 November 1914.
15 September 1915 : transferred with brigade to 2nd Indian Cavalry Division.
26 November 1916 : 2nd Indian Cavalry Division renamed as 5th Cavalry Division.
February 1918 : Division broken up; regiment transferred on 10 September 1918 to 9th Cavalry Brigade in 1st Cavalry Division.
10th (Prince of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Scarborough
August 1914 : at Potchefstroom in South Africa. Recalled to England and joined 6th Cavalry Brigade in 3rd Cavalry Division at Ludgershall.
8 October 1914 : landed at Ostende.
20 November 1914 : transferred to 8th Cavalry Brigade in same Division.
12 March 1918 : transferred to 6th Cavalry Brigade in same Division.
11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Dublin
August 1914 : at Aldershot, part of 1st Cavalry Brigade in Cavalry Division. Moved to France.
16 September 1914 : Cavalry Division renamed as 1st Cavalry Division.
13th Hussars
Regimental Depot: Dublin
August 1914 : in Meerut in India, part of the Meerut Cavalry Brigade.
Moved with Brigade to France as part of 2nd Indian Cavalry Division, landed Marseilles December 1914.
15 September 1915 : transferred with brigade to 2nd Indian Cavalry Division.
July 1916 : moved with Brigade to Mesopotamia and came under orders of 7th Indian Cavalry Brigade.
14th (King’s) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Scarborough
August 1914 : in Mhow in India, part of the Meerut Cavalry Brigade.
September 1914 : came under command of 14th Cavalry Brigade in Meerut Divisional Area.
November 1915 : left Brigade and landed in Mesopotamia, came under orders of 6th Indian Cavalry Brigade.
May 1918 : left Brigade and moved to Persia.
15th (The King’s) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Bristol
August 1914 : at Longmoor.
18 August 1914 : landed at Rouen and soon split up to provide Squadrons for Divisions: A Sqn to 3rd Division; B Sqn to 2nd Division; C Sqn to 1st Division.
14 April 1915 : Squadrons returned and regiment reformed. Placed under command of 9th Cavalry Brigade in 1st Cavalry Division.
18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Scarborough
August 1914 : at Tidworth, part of 2nd Cavalry Brigade in Cavalry Division.
Moved to France and landed at Boulogne 16 August 1914.
16 September 1914 : Cavalry Division renamed as 1st Cavalry Division.
19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars
Regimental Depot: Bristol
August 1914 : at Hounslow. Split up to provide Squadrons for Divisions:
August 1914 : A and B Sqns to France with 5th and 4th Divisions respectively.
September 1914 : C Sqn to France with 6th Division.
14 April 1915 : Squadrons returned and regiment reformed. Placed under command of 9th Cavalry Brigade in 1st Cavalry Division.
20th Hussars
Regimental Depot: Scarborough
August 1914 : at Colchester, part of 5th Cavalry Brigade, an independent command. Moved to France.
6 September 1914 : Brigade transferred to Gough’s Command.
13 September 1914 : Gough’s Command renamed as 2nd Cavalry Division.
Books
The 3rd (King’s Own) Hussars in the Great War (1914-1919) by Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Temple Willcox (London: John Murray, 1925)
The 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars in the Great War by Captain H.K.D. Evans MC & Major N.O. Laing DSO (Aldershot, 1920)
The Years Between: The Story of the 7th Queen’s Own Hussars, 1911-1937 compiled by Roger Evans (Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1965)
The History of the VIII King’s Royal Irish Hussars 1693-1927 (1928)
9th The Queen’s Royal Lancers 1715-1936 by Major E.W. Shephard (Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1929)
The 10th (P.W.O.) Royal Hussars and the Essex Yeomanry during the European War, 1914-1918 by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis H.D.C. Whitmore Bt. (Colchester: Benham & Co., 1920)
The 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) by Michael Brander (London: Leo Cooper, 1969) [‘Famous Regiments’ Series]
The Memoirs of the 10th Royal Hussars by R.S. Liddell, (London, 1981)
The Tenth: 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) 1715-1969 by Peter Upton (Old Comrades of the 10th Hussars, c1999)
Regimental History of the 11th Hussars. (Abridged edition, together with an account of the doings of the regiment in the Great War) by Major G. T. Williams (Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1925)
The 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) by Richard Brett-Smith (London: Leo Cooper, 1969) [‘Famous Regiments’ Series]
The Cherrypickers: 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) 1715-1969 by Peter Upton [c1997]
The Thirteenth Hussars in the Great War by Right Hon. Sir H. Mortimer Durand (1921)
Historical Record of the 14th (King’s) Hussars by Brigadier J. Gilbert Browne and Lieutenant-Colonel E.J. Bridges. Edited by Major J.A.T. Milet (1932)
Emperor’s Chambermaids: The Story of 14th/20th King’s Hussars by L.B. Oatts (London: Ward Lock, 1973)
The Hawks: A Short History of the 14th/20th King’s Hussars by Bryan Perrett (Chippenham: Picton, 1984)
The Ramnuggur Boys: 14th/20th King’s Hussars, 1715-1992 by John Pharo-Tomlin (Preston: Museum of the King’s Royal Hussars in Lancashire, c2002)
The History of the 15th The King’s Hussars 1914-1922 by Lord Carnock with a Foreword by Brigadier-General A. Courage (Gloucester, 1932)
The Scarlet Lancers: The Story of 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers 1689-1992 by James Lunt (London: Leo Cooper, 1993)
Memoirs of the 18th Queen Mary’s Own Hussars, 1906-22, Including Operation in the Great War by Charles Burnett (Winchester: Warren, 1926)
20th Hussars in the Great War by Major J.C. Darling (Lyndhurst, Hampshire: J.C. Darling, 1923)