A story of courage, enlivened by the extraordinary, sometimes eccentric characters who fought with the renowned 1st HCR in the Second World War

Book Launch on Monday 15th April 2013 at HYDE PARK BARRACKSThe 1st Household Cavalry 1943-44 provides a new focus on the famous First Household Cavalry Regiment, the way its mettle was tested to the maximum in action in the mountains of Italy. It reveals and explores this largely undervalued and forgotten part of a costly and complex struggle, where there are lessons to be learned by everyone. We directly experience what it was like to be there. It also has a contemporary relevance to present-day areas of conflict and military engagement. In late 1943 1st HCR was sent to Syria to patrol