11th Light Dragoons
| 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) | |
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Badge of the 11th Hussars
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| Active | 1715–1969 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom (1801–1969) |
| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Cavalry |
| Role | Line cavalry |
| Size | Regiment |
| Nickname(s) | The Cherry Pickers, The Cherrybums, from which the more genteel Cherubims |
| Motto(s) | Treu und Fest (Loyal and Sure) |
| Anniversaries | Balaclava (25 October) |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan |
Kingdom of Great Britain (1715–1800)
The 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army established in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including the First World War and Second World War but then amalgamated with the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' Own) to form the Royal Hussars in 1969.
The regiment was raised by Colonel Philip Honeywood as Colonel Philip Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons in 1715 as part of the response to the Jacobite rebellion. A troop was detached to form the 19th Dragoons in February 1779. The regiment fought at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745 after which it was retitled the 11th Regiment of Dragoons in 1751. The regiment took part in the Raid on St Malo in June 1758 and the Raid on Cherbourg in August 1758 during the Seven Years' War. It then took part in a charge at Battle of Warburg in July 1760 and was present at the Battle of Villinghausen in July 1761. A further name change, to the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons, occurred in 1783.
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