10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

This post will look at numbering in the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars between 1881 and 1905. The cavalry regiments were unaffected by Cardwell's Army reforms; however, in keeping with the parameters of this blog, my starting point is 1881.

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1867 joined on 21st March 1881

1985 joined on 9th May 1882

2134 joined on 8th May 1883

2149 joined on 27th September 1884

2251 joined on 13th February 1885

2370 joined on 2nd March1886

2547 joined on 25th April 1887

2702 joined on 27th September 1888

2732 joined on 20th April 1889

2889 joined on 6th October 1890

3005 joined on 26th August 1891

3156 joined on 29th February 1892

3268 joined on 5th January 1893

3342 joined on 8th January 1894

3464 joined on 8th January 1895

3684 joined on 21st February1896

3727 joined on 13th January 1897

3861 joined on 14th February1898

4090 joined on 5th May 1899

4347 joined on 9th January 1900

4949 joined on 16th January 1901

5318 joined on 2nd April 1902

5410 joined on 5th January 1903

5466 joined on 31st August 1904

5502 joined on 6th September 1905

In December 1906, Army Order 289 changed the numbering for cavalry of the line. Prior to this, all cavalry regiments had numbered individually by regiments. Now, line cavalry and household cavalry were separated; each of the three line cavalry corps – dragoons, hussars, and lancers – beginning a new number series which started at 1 and was to extend to 49,999.

What this meant for the 10th Hussars was that from late December 1906 they began a new number sequence which they shared with the all of the Hussars regiments:

3rd (King's Own) Hussars
4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
13th Hussars
14th (King's) Hussars
15th (King's) Hussars
18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars
19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars
20th Hussars

See also, my posts on numbering in the Corps of Hussars 1907-1914, Queen's and King's Regulations: regimental numbering and cavalry numbering in 1906.

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