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8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars    8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars were at Mersa Matruh when war broke out in September 1939, having been in Egypt since December 1933.   3rd Sep 1939 War 23rd Sep 1939 Demonstration 28th Sep 1939 Exercise 29th Sep 1939 Demonstration 5th Oct 1939 Exercise 6th Oct 1939 On the Move 7th Oct 1939 Training 9th Oct 1939 Exercise 11th Oct 1939 Exercise 13th Oct 1939 Visit 14th Oct 1939 Exercise 17th Oct 1939 Planning 19th Oct 1939 Inspection 23rd Oct 1939 Exercise 24th Oct 1939 Exercise 25th Oct 1939 Exercise 25th Oct 1939 Greetings   28th Oct 1939 Exercise 29th Oct 1939 Exercise 30th Oct 1939 Exercise 31st Oct 1939 Exercise 3rd Nov 1939 Exercise 6th Nov 1939 Conference 9th Nov 1939 Storm 10th Nov 1939 Storm 11th Nov 1939 Move 12th Nov 1939 Move 13th Nov 1939 News 18th Nov 1939 Interviews 26th Nov 1939 Party 28th Nov 1939 Return 29th Nov 1939 Camp Struck 30th Nov 1939 Preparations 1st Dec 1939 On the Move 2nd Dec 1939 On the Move 3rd Dec 1939 Conference 4th Dec 1939 Gunnery 12th Dec 1939 Defence 13th Dec 1939 Visit 16th Dec 1939 Courses 18th Dec 1939 Courses 19th Dec 1939 Inquiry 21st Dec 1939 Sport 22nd Dec 1939 Visit 23rd Dec 1939 Festivities 27th Dec 1939 Work 28th Dec 1939 Visit Sep 1940 Tanks 1st Oct 1940 Recce 3rd Oct 1940 Return 4th Oct 1940 On the March 23rd Oct 1940 Patrol 24th Oct 1940 On the Move 28th Oct 1940 Training 29th Oct 1940 Training 30th Oct 1940 Training 8th Nov 1940 Exercise 12th Nov 1940 Exercise 15th Nov 1940 Conference 17th Nov 1940 Orders 19th Nov 1940 On the March 20th Nov 1940 On the March 21st Nov 1940 On the Move 22nd Nov 1940 On the Move 30th Nov 1940 Reliefs 1st Dec 1940 On the March   2nd Dec 1940 On the March   7th Dec 1940 Orders   8th Dec 1940 On the March   9th Dec 1940 On the March   10th Dec 1940 On the March   11th Dec 1940 In Action   12th Dec 1940 Prisoners   13th Dec 1940 On the Move   14th Dec 1940 Enemy Sighted   15th Dec 1940 Patrols   16th Dec 1940 Enemy Aircraft   17th Dec 1940 On the Move   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1942 Detachment 13th Dec 1942 On the Move 18th Dec 1942 On the Move 29th Dec 1942 On the Move 31st Dec 1942 Minefield 1st Mar 1944 Training 2nd Mar 1944 Lecture 5th Mar 1944 Lecture 6th Mar 1944 Conference 7th Mar 1944 Advance Party 8th Mar 1944 On the Move 9th Mar 1944 Range 12th Mar 1944 Moves 13th Mar 1944 On the Move 15th Mar 1944 Visit 16th Mar 1944 Visit 19th Mar 1944 Moves 20th Mar 1944 Training 21st Mar 1944 Training 22nd Mar 1944 Promotion 23rd Mar 1944 Exercise 25th Mar 1944 Exercise 26th Mar 1944 Exercise 27th Mar 1944 Training 28th Mar 1944 Training 30th Mar 1944 Exercise 31st Mar 1944 Exercise 12th Jun 1944 Advance Guard   13th Jun 1944 In Action   14th Jun 1944 Attacks   26th Jun 1944 Reliefs   26th Sep 1944 In Action 6th Oct 1944 Reliefs   27th Oct 1944 In Action   23rd January 1945  In Action 24th January 1945  Advance 25th January 1945  Advance 26th January 1945  Patrols If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific 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Those known to have served with 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars during the Second World War 1939-1945. Baxter Edward. Tpr. Bodey GM. Bostock VN. L/Cpl. Breeze TL. Cole M . Cpl. Emery F. Fairway L . Furber JK. Green WE. Griffiths JS. Handley J. Hemmings John Reginald. Tpr. Hollins J. Kay PP. L.Sgt. Keeling RAJ. Kirby AT. Maguire J. Owen K. Pawling RW. Pearson ER. Reeves K R. Richards JW. Sawer TB. Scrugham MM Reginald. L/Cpl. Shannan KJ. Southall S. Spriggs H. Sgt. Stebbings T. L/Cpl. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 9th May 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264033 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars? There are:669 items tagged 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. L/Cpl. T Stebbings 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars L/Cpl.T Stebbings served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Sgt. H Spriggs 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars Sgt.H Spriggs served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. S Southall 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars S Southall served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. KJ Shannan 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars KJ Shannan served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. L/Cpl. Reginald Scrugham MM 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars L/Cpl.Reginald Scrugham served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. TB Sawer 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars TB Sawer served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. JW Richards 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars JW Richards served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. K R Reeves 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars K Reeves served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. ER Pearson 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars ER Pearson served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. RW Pawling 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars RW Pawling served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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