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HISTORY The regiment was founded in 1715 as Colonel Philip Honeywood's Regiment of Dragoons and was known by the name of its Colonel until 1751 when it became the '''11th Regiment of Dragoons'''. A further name change, to the '''11th Regiment of Light Dragoons''', occurred in 1783. In 1840 the regiment was named for Prince Albert , Queen Victoria 's consort, who later became the regiment's Colonel. Their career during the 18th Century included service in the Seven Years' War when they took part in the charge at Warburg . During the Napoleonic Wars battle-honours were received for Salamanca , Peninsular and Waterloo . The regiment's nickname, the "Cherry Pickers", came from an incident during the Peninsular War, in which the 11th Hussars were attacked while raiding an Orchard at ''San Martin de Trebejo'' in Spain . They were distinguished thereafter by their cherry coloured trousers, unique among British regiments and worn in all styles of uniform except battledress. The 11th Hussars Charged With The Light Brigade , which was commanded by their former Colonel, Lord Cardigan , at Balaklava during the Crimean War . In 1928 they became the first British regiment to become Mechanized . World War II In 1940 , the 11th was located in Africa as Italy declared war on Britain. It was part of the 7th Armoured Division (known as the "Desert Rats"). The unit immediately began to conduct various raids against Italian positions. The Hussars captured Fort Capuzzo and, in an ambush east of Bardia , captured General Lastucci of the Italian Tenth Army . Amalgamation On October 25 1969 the regiment was amalgamated with the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince Of Wales's Own) to form The Royal Hussars (Prince Of Wales's Own) . In 1992 , as part of the Options For Change defence review, the Royal Hussars were amalgamated with the 14th/20th King's Hussars to form the King's Royal Hussars . The 11th Hussars are unofficially perpetuated by C squadron of the King's Royal Hussars. NOTABLE MEMBERS
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