The Cherry Pickers

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The Cherry Pickers was the informal nickname of the British Army cavalry regiment officially known as the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own).

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The Cherry Pickers canonical 3
The Cherrypickers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army cavalry regiment ⓘ
military nickname ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 11th Hussars ⓘ
arm cavalry ⓘ
associatedRoyal Prince Albert ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
category Cavalry regiments of the British Army ⓘ
Hussar regiments ⓘ
Nicknamed military units ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
garrison Aldershot ⓘ
Tidworth ⓘ
honorificSuffix Prince Albert’s Own ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mergedInto Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) ⓘ
militaryBranchType line cavalry ⓘ
nicknameFor 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) ⓘ
notableConflict Crimean War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
notableEngagement Charge of the Light Brigade ⓘ
notableTheatre India ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
officialName 11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) ⓘ
regimentalTradition use of cherry-coloured overalls ⓘ
regimentalType hussars ⓘ
role armoured reconnaissance ⓘ
light cavalry ⓘ
service British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
successor King’s Royal Hussars ⓘ
Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) ⓘ
uniformColor cherry-coloured trousers ⓘ

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11th Hussars → nickname → The Cherry Pickers ⓘ
Kevin Gilbert → notableWork → The Cherry Pickers ⓘ
Glenbuck Cherrypickers F.C. → nickname → The Cherrypickers ⓘ
linked to: The Cherry Pickers