11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own)

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British Army regiment cavalry regiment

The 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) was a distinguished British Army cavalry regiment, later armoured, renowned for its long service history and participation in major conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars through the World Wars.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) canonical 2
11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars 1
11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars (PAO) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
cavalry regiment ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 11th Hussars ⓘ
Prince Albert’s Own Hussars ⓘ
battleHonour Balaklava ⓘ
El Alamein ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
South Africa 1899–1902 ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
surface form: Waterloo 1815
branch British Army ⓘ
conversionDate 1928 ⓘ
convertedTo armoured regiment ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDisbanded 1969 ⓘ
dateFormed 1715 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Balaclava ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign (World War II)

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

Peninsular War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert Campaign

Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War I)
equipment armoured cars ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
garrison Tidworth Camp ⓘ
surface form: Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth
honoraryTitle Prince Albert’s Own ⓘ
mergedInto The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
surface form: Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) Regiment
militaryUnitType hussars ⓘ
namedAfter Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
nickname The Cherry Pickers ⓘ
notableFor long continuous service from early 18th century to late 20th century ⓘ
participation in major British campaigns from Napoleonic Wars to World Wars ⓘ
precededBy 11th Regiment of Dragoons ⓘ
role armoured reconnaissance ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
tookPartIn Charge of the Light Brigade ⓘ
tradition light cavalry tactics ⓘ
uniformColour cherry-coloured overalls ⓘ
crimson trousers ⓘ

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own)
Description of subject: The 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) was a distinguished British Army cavalry regiment, later armoured, renowned for its long service history and participation in major conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars through the World Wars.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King’s Royal Hussars → battleHonoursInheritedFrom → 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) ⓘ
Prince William of Gloucester → militaryUnit → 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) ⓘ
11th Hussars → alsoKnownAs → 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars
11th Hussars → alsoKnownAs → 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars (PAO)