Hi Allan and welcome to RootsChat!
Here's a little bit of history!
An uneventful decade and a half proceeded the 8th Hussars third tour of India in 1879, when they moved almost immediately after landing to Afghanistan to bolster Roberts force which they did for the final year of the second Afghan war. They stayed on the subcontinent until 1889 when they moved back to England, spending three years at Norwich where they became immensely popular. In 1899 they were mobilised for South Africa where they had broken out against the Boers. The 8th joined the 4th Cavalry Brigade on the advance to Pretoria which was taken in June 1900. The minor skirmishes were punctuated by some more major conflicts like Diamond Hill and Belfast which pushed the enemy back until by October, only mopping up or driving had to be done which however lasted for two years. At Geluk the 8th were surrounded but fought themselves out of trouble, and in the summer of 1901 the regiment was split up into two detachments operating in a semi-independent capacity, until peace was signed in may 1902 by which time the Royal Irish had lost fifty four lives in the war. Six years in England was followed by another tour in India until they were mobilised for the great war, arriving in Marseilles in November 1914.
I wonder if he was WW1 also ? do you know?
Annie
