Biographical memoirs of the Colonels and other distinguished Officers, will be introduced in the Records of their respective Regiments, and the Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testifying the value and importance of its services, will be faithfully set forth.
As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct number, so that when the whole shall be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession.
_ILLUSTRATED WITH A PLATE OF THE UNIFORM._
LONDON: HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE
[Illustration: Seventh (or Queen's Own) Hussars.
TO COMMEMORATE THEIR GALLANTRY IN SPAIN AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, IN 1813 AND 1814,
AND AT THE MEMORABLE BATTLE OF WATERLOO, IN 1815.
1689 Several Independent Troops of Horse and Dragoons raised in Scotland 10
1690 The Independent Troops formed into two regiments of Cavalry 12
---- Their Services during the Campaign of 1690 --
---- The two Regiments incorporated, and constituted a regiment of Dragoons, now SEVENTH HUSSARS 13
1696 Serves under the Prince of Vaudemont 18
1697 ---------------- Elector of Bavaria --
---- Serves under the Duke of Marlborough --
1714 Reduced after the Peace of Utrecht --
---- Styled _Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of Dragoons_ 26
1727 Styled the _Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons_ 30
1742 Returns to England--Embarks for Flanders --
1751 Description of the Clothing and Standards 39
1755 A Light Troop added to the Establishment --
---- Skirmishes at Eimbeck and Foorwohle --
1763 Returns to England--Light Troop Disbanded 48
1783 _Constituted a Corps of Light Dragoons_ 51
1795 Retreats through Holland to Germany --
---- Actions at Beverwyck and Wyck-op-Zee 66
1807 Equipped as a _Regiment of Hussars_ 68
1809 Retreats to Corunna--Embarks for England 73
1816 Forms part of the Army of Occupation --
1838 Four service troops embark for Canada --
---- Employed against the Insurgents in Lower Canada --
1801 Marquis of Anglesey, K.G., G.C.B., K.St.P., G.C.H. 99
The Plate of the Uniform in 1842, to follow the Title-Page.
THE QUEEN'S OWN REGIMENT OF HUSSARS was originally a corps of heavy cavalry, and was formed of independent troops of horse and dragoons, raised in Scotland during the commotions which followed the Revolution of 1688, when a number of patriotic Scots arrayed themselves, under the banners of William and Mary, and fought against the adherents of King James II., who sought to establish papacy and arbitrary government.