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Cap badge, 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars, 1900 (c)

Originally raised in 1693 as a dragoon unit from Protestants living in Ireland, in 1900 the 8th Hussars were serving in South Africa with Brigadier-General Dickson's 4th Cavalry Brigade. The regiment lost 54 men during the Boer War (1898-1902).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1955-05-5-15

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1955-05-5-15