8th Irish Hussars

I'm trying to piece information together about my Grandfather and I realise things can be embellished with the passage of time! Things I think I know ...he was Irish and already in the army in 1937 and probably in 1933. He was in Egypt in 1940- could his wife have given birth there? He was then in Colchester barracks in 1946. Now family suggests he was a sarge ant or even a RSM in the Irish Hussars. His name was Edward Nolan. Sometimes Pascoe added to his name. Why can't I find anything about him?

 

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Here's all the war diary refs covering WW2 at The National Archives. I've actually copied some of these in the past but formatted my hard drive last year and lost 3 years worth of research. As you can imagine on times like this I still laugh at what I did

WO 166/11072 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars 1943 Dec.
WO 169/219 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars 1939 Aug.- 1940 Dec.
WO 169/1388 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars 1941 Feb. Oct.
WO 169/4486 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars 1941 Nov.- 1942 Dec.
WO 169/4487 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars 'A' Squadron 1942 Oct., Nov.
WO 169/4488 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars 'C' Squadron 1942 July, Aug.
WO 169/9318 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars 1943 Jan.-Nov.
WO 171/843 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars 1944 Mar.- Dec.
WO 171/4688 8 King's Royal Irish Hussars 1945 Jan.- Dec.

Cheers
Andy