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3rd ( The King's Own) Hussars. [ ShomcUffe.
White Horse withinthe Garter. " Necasperaterrent." "Dettingen" " Salamanca" "Vitiobia"
"Toulouse" "Peninsula" " Cabool, 1842 " "Moodkee" "Feeozeshah"
"Sobbaon" " Punjaub " " Chillianwallah " " Goojebat."
Colonel.— Edward Howard-Vyse, Cornet, p 2i Aug. 49; Lieut. p 3 Feb. 54; Captain, p i7 Feb. 57; Major*
P io June 62 ; Lf. Colonel, p i8 Oct. 64; Colonel, 18 Oct. 69; Major General, 25 Apr. 80; Lt. General, 25 Apr.
85 ; Colonel 3 Hussars, 23 Sept. 91.
Lieutenant Colonel.— p.s.c. Charles Edward Beckett, 1 Cornet, ?iy Apr. 69 ; Lieut. p 22 Apr. 71; Cap<. 23 Jan.
79 : lit. Major, 18 Nov. 82 ; Major, 4 Nov. 84 ; Lt. Colonel, 17 Aug. 92 ; Colonel, 17 Aug. 96.
COBNETOB
2ND LIEUT.
Majobs.
p.s.c. Frank William Nicholas WoganO
Browne, 2nd in Command 21 Aug. 96 ..jj
Arthur James Ramsay Van Cortlandt I 28 Oct. 71
St. Clair Oswald 14 Sept. 78
Herbert Bethune Patton-Bethune 5 22 Jan. 79
LIEUT.
Captains.
Duncan Vernon Pirie, 6 MP. for North")
Aberdeen S
Walter Goring
John Edmund Mackenzie
Walter Graham Murray, serving with the ~*
Gold Coast Constabulary j
Alfred Alexander Kennedy, Adjutant )
27 Oct. 95 i
James Stamers Roche 7
7 June 79
30 Jan.
10 Oct. 91
3 Oct.
30 Nov. 76
28 Oct. 71
29 June 8
1 July 8
4 Dec.
25 Nov. 85
17 June 85
23 May 91
16 Nov. 92
13 Aug. 90
5 Aug.
IS Oct.
17 Oct.
13 Apr.
Lieutenants.
William Maitland Tower ,
Albert Maitland Tabor
Mounteney Kortright
Clement William Onley Unthank
Gerald Hugh Charles Madden
John Guy Baron Lethbridge
Henry Sanderson Laverton
Bernard Granville
Second Lieutenants.
Moresby Chinnery
Gwynn Churchill Preston
Edwin William Cushen
Reginald Seager Hunt
Robert Ronald Henderson
George Landale
9 Jan. 92
17 Dec. 92
25 Jan. 93
12 Dec. 94
20 Dec. 94
6 Feb. 95
26 June 95
24 Juno 96
9 Dec. ,
15 May 97
15 May 97
15 May 97
is May 97
15 Dec. 97
16 Nov. 9
6 Dec. 93
21 Feb. 94
22 May 95
8 Jan. 96
26 Aug. 96
14 Nov. 96
24 Feb. 97
16 Dec. 85
10 Apr. 91
8 May 95
2 } May 96
23 May 96
2 Jan. 97
Riding Master. — Charles Edward Hann, 8 Dec. 97; Son. Lieut.
Quarter Master. — Frederick Durman, 4 Feb. 92; Son. Lieut.
Blue — Facings Scarlet. — Agents, Messrs. Cos and Co.
Returned from India, 1879.
22 May 95
10 Aug. 92
14 Oct. 96
3 Apr- 97
1 Colonel Beckett served in the Egyptian war of 1882 in command of Military Mounted Police, and was present
in the action at Kassasin on the 9th September and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (mentioned in despatches, Brevet
of Major, Medal with Clasp, 4th Class of the Medjidie, and Khedive's Star). Served throughout the Nile Expedi-
tion in 1884-85 with the Light Camel Regiment, and took part in the operations of the Desert Column including
the engagement at Abu Klea Wells on the 16th and nth February (Clasp).
5 Maior Patton-Bethune served in the Boer war of 1881 as a volunteer attached to the Inniskilling Dragoons.
Served as a volunteer attached to the 4th Dragoon Guards in the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present in the en-
gagement at Ma.hsama, the two actions at Kassasin, the battle of Tel-el-Kebir and the capture of Cairo (Medal
ivith Clasp, and Khedive's Star) .
6 Captain Pirie served with the 4th Dragoon Guards in the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present in the engage-
ments at El Magfar and Mahsama, and at the two actions at Kassasin (mentioned in despatches, Medal, and
Khedive's Star) ; also served with the Soudan Expedition under Sir Gerald Graham in 1884 with the Staff of the
Cavalry Brigade, and was present in the engagements at El Teb and Temai (two Clasps). Served with the Nile
Expedition in 1884-85 as Boat Officer and subsequently as Staff Officer to the Cavalry with the River Column under
Major General Earle, and was present in the action at Kirbekan (mentioned in despatches, two Clasps).
7 Captain Roche served throughout the Nile Expedition in 1884-85 with the 20th Hussars Troop of the Light
Camel Corps, including the operations of the Desert Column and the engagement at Abu Klea Wells on the 16th
and 17th February (Medal with Clasp, and Khedive's Star). Served with the Soudan Frontier Field Force in
1885-86, and was present in the engagement at Giniss. Served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Rodert
Low in 1895 (Medal with Clasp).
Record of the Services of the 3rd (King's Own) Hussars.
Raised in 1685. To Holland, 1694. To England, 1697. To Spain, 1702, and returned same year.
To Spain, 1707. To England, 1708. To Germany, 17(2. To England, 1745. To France, 1758, and
returned same year. To Holland, 1803, and returned same year. To Spain, 1811. To England, 1 814.
To France, 1815. To England, 1818. To India, 1837. To England 1852. To India, 1868. To
England, 1879.

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