8th King's Royal Irish Hussars

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/8th_King's_Royal_Irish_Hussars
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf cavalry
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1958
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1693
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:8th/13th_Victorian_Mounted_Rifles
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Inkerman
gptkb:Korea
gptkb:Sevastopol
gptkb:Waterloo
gptkb:Relief_of_Ladysmith
Alma
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:colonelInChief gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decorations Victoria Cross (awarded to members)
gptkbp:disbanded 1958
gptkbp:garrison Athlone Barracks, Sennelager (last)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:4th_Queen's_Own_Hussars
gptkb:Queen's_Royal_Irish_Hussars
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Pristinae_Virtutis_Memores
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Crossbelts
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Sir_John_French
gptkb:Sir_Evelyn_Wood
gptkb:Sir_John_Douglas
gptkb:Sir_John_Milbanke
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:The_Galloping_8th
gptkbp:regimentalMuseum gptkb:The_Queen's_Royal_Hussars_Museum
gptkbp:type gptkb:infantry
gptkb:Cavalry
gptkbp:uniformColour blue
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Brudenell,_7th_Earl_of_Cardigan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6