8th King's Royal Irish Hussars - Notable Personalities

Notable Personalities

  • Field Marshal Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
  • General Sir Robert "Rollo" Gillespie 1766–1814
  • General Sir John Hackett (British Army officer)
  • Lieutenant General James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
  • Lieutenant the Hon. John Charles Henry Fitzgibbon (only son of the 3rd Earl of Clare). Killed in action at Balaklava
  • Captain Bill Bellamy MC author of Troop Leader: A Tank Commander's Story ISBN 0-7509-4534-6

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