Lancer regiments served with distinction at Omdurman and in the Boer War.
The 11th Hussars were known as the "Cherrypickers" because of their red trousers. They served in the Penninsular War and onward.
The 11th Hussars were also famed as the regiment of one Harry Paget Flashman, VC, KCJ.
Last edited by Mentor; Jun 15th, '05 at 09:15 AM.
“War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things,” observed the British philosopher John Stuart Mill. “The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.”
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