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Other ranks’ cap badge, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, c1924-c1958
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This infantry unit has origins dating back to 1688. It served with the British Army until 1958, when it was merged into the 3rd East Anglian Regiment.
Cap badge, 19th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars, c1896
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This cavalry regiment was raised as an East India Company unit in 1858. It soon transferred to British Army service and existed until 1922, when it was merged into the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars.
Officers' cap badge, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers, c1980
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This armoured regiment was formed in 1922 by merging two cavalry units. It fought in several campaigns until 1993, when it became part of The Queen’s Royal Lancers.
Cap badge, 3rd The King's Own Hussars, 1902
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This cavalry regiment was formed in 1685. It went on to serve in many British Army campaigns until 1958, when it became part of The Queen’s Own Hussars.
Other ranks' cap badge, 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, c1904
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This unit was the senior line cavalry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 1685, it had a long and distinguished history until 1959, when it was merged into the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards.
Cap badge, other ranks, 18th Hussars, c1900
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This cavalry unit was raised in 1858, but inherited the traditions of an earlier regiment. It served until 1922, when it merged with the 13th Hussars to form the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own).
Cap badge, 20th Hussars, c1902
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This cavalry regiment was raised as an East India Company unit in 1858. It soon transferred to British Army service and existed until 1922, when it was merged into the 14th/20th Hussars.
Cap badge, 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers, c1900
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This cavalry regiment was raised in 1759. It served in several British Army campaigns until 1922, when it was merged into the 17th/21st Lancers.
Cap badge, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers), c1914
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This infantry unit was formed in 1881 and recruited in the Irish province of Ulster. It continued in British Army service until 1968, when it was merged into The Royal Irish Rangers.
An unidentified officer of Fencible Cavalry, c1800
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Recent research on the Museum's collection of portrait miniatures has revealed new information about artists and untold stories about some of the subjects they portrayed.
Cap badge, 12th (Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers, c1902
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This cavalry regiment was formed in 1715. It served in many British Army campaigns until 1960, when it was merged into the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s).
Other ranks' cap badge, 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, c1900
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This cavalry regiment was raised in 1685. It continued in British Army service until 1922, when it was merged into the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards).