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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Debora, post: 9795802, member: 1476&quot;]<font size="4">Yes, I see.&nbsp; (From wikipedia.org.)&nbsp; Thank you for the explanation.&nbsp; Excellent suggestion above to contact their museum.</font></p><p><i><font size="3"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">&quot;The regiment was titled the 19th (Alexandra, Princess of Wales&#039;s Own) Hussars after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_of_Denmark" rel="nofollow">Alexandra, Princess of Wales</a>in 1902 and, when Alexandra became Queen Consort in 1908, the name changed to the 19th (Queen Alexandra&#039;s Own Royal) Hussars.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Royal_Hussars?wprov=srpw1_1#cite_note-regiments.org-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Royal_Hussars?wprov=srpw1_1#cite_note-regiments.org-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>&quot;</font></i></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">And what do you think the &quot;1885&quot; in the badge signifies?&nbsp; The Battle of Abu Klea?&nbsp; </font></p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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