Memorial

10th Royal Hussars Prince Of Wales Own 1715 To 1969

Mark Newton 19.09.2017

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Current Location

Memorial is in the Army Parade on the left-hand approach to the Armed Forces memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

OS Grid Reference

SK 1834114457

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 51059
Description: A square white stone structure, with a curved top on a stone base of the same material, resembling a sarcophagus. On top of the stone is a stone laurel wreath. A black stone tablet is inset into the front face of the sarcophagus with a commemorative inscription in gold lettering decorated with the regimental crest of the Prince of Wales's feathers. The memorial is placed on a two-stepped base of flagstones and a flag mast is placed behind it. The memorial is situated close to the twin memorial to the 11th Royal Hussars, the regiment with which it amalgamated in 1969, and close to the 2015-dedicated memorial to the King's Royal Hussars.
Inscription: 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS/ (PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN)/ "THE SHINY TENTH"/ 1715 TO 1969/ WARBURG - PENINSULA- WATERLOO - SEVASTOPOL - ALI MASJID - AFGHANISTAN - EGYPT/ RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY - PAARDEBERG - SOUTH AFRICA/ [Left column]: YPRES - LANGEMARCK/ GHELUVELT - NONNE BOSSCHEN/ FREZENBERG - LOOS/ ARRAS - SCARPE/ SOMME - ST. QUENTIN/ AVRE - AMIENS/ DROCOURT QUEANT/ HINDENBURG LINE/ BEAUREVOIR - CAMBRAI/ PURSUIT TO MONS/ FRANCE AND FLANDERS/ [Right column]: SOMME - N.W. EUROPE/ SAUNNU - GAZALA/ BIR EL ASLAGH - ALAM EL HALFA/ EL ALAMEIN - EL HAMMA/ EL KOURZIA - DJEBEL KOURNINE/ TUNIS - NORTH AFRICA/ CORIANO - SANTARCANGELO/ COSINA CANAL CROSSING/ SENIO POCKET - CESENA/ VALTI DI COMACCHIO/ ARGENTA GAP - ITALY/ DEDICATED TO ALL WHO SERVED IN OR WITH THE REGIMENT/ ONCE A TENTH HUSSAR ALWAYS A TENTH HUSSAR

Commemoration

War: Regimental Memorials

War: Seven Years' War (1756-1763)

War: Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

War: Crimean War (1853-1856)

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)

War: First World War (1914-1918)

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10th Royal Hussars Prince Of Wales Own 1715 To 1969

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

10th Royal Hussars Prince Of Wales Own 1715 To 1969

Current Location

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

Conservation

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