The Queen's Own Hussars (QOH), was a

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of the

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, formed from the amalgamation of the

3rd The King's Own Hussars The 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, including the First and the Second World Wars, before being amalgamated with the 7th Queen's Own Hussars, to ...

and the

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at Candahar Barracks,

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in 1958. The regiment served in

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and

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and as part of the

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. The regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars to form the Queen's Royal Hussars on 1 September 1993.

History

The regiment was formed from the amalgamation of the

and the

at Candahar Barracks,

in November 1958. The regiment remained at Tidworth as an armoured regiment within 3rd Armoured Division. One squadron was sent to

Warminster Warminster () is an ancient market town with a nearby garrison, and civil parish in south west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of about 17,000 in 2011. The 11th-century Minster Church o ...

as Demonstration Squadron to School of Infantry in March 1959 and another was sent to

in February 1960. The regiment was re-deployed to York Barracks in

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as an armoured regiment within 6th Infantry Brigade in July 1960 and then was sent to Hobart Barracks in

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as an armoured regiment in 20th Armoured Brigade Group in August 1962. Aden02 flickr

The regiment was re-roled as a training regiment based at Cambrai Barracks at

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in February 1965, except for one squadron which was deployed as Berlin Armoured Squadron in

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. In February 1967 the regiment moved to

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from where squadrons were deployed to Aden in July 1967, to

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in July 1967, to

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in October 1968 and to

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in June 1969. It was re-roled again as an armoured regiment in

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based at Caen Barracks in

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in August 1970: from there squadrons were deployed to

at the height of

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. It moved to

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as the RAC Centre regiment in August 1974 and to Hobart Barracks in

as an armoured regiment in 20 Armoured Brigade in May 1976 from where further tours in Northern Ireland were conducted. The regiment returned to Cambrai Barracks at Catterick as RAC Training Regiment in April 1983 and then re-roled as armoured regiment for 22nd Armoured Brigade at Caen Barracks in Hohne in January 1985. From there squadrons were deployed to Cyprus for duty as an armoured reconnaissance unit and to Northern Ireland for duty as the Maze prison guard force. The regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars to form the Queen's Royal Hussars on 1 September 1993.

Regimental museum

The Queen's Own Hussars Museum was based at Lord Leycester Hospital in

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until 2016. The regimental collection is moving to a new facility in Warwick known as "Trinity Mews": it is due to open in 2018.

Colonels of the regiment

Colonels of the regiment were as follows: *1958–1962: Major-General

Ralph Younger Major-General Ralph Younger (12 July 1904 – 2 August 1985) was a British Army officer. Military career Younger was commissioned into the 7th Queen's Own Hussars in 1925. He served as commanding officer of the 3rd Carabiniers in Burma in 1942 ...

CB CBE DSO MC DL JP *1926–1965: Colonel Sir Douglas Scott, Bt *1965–1969: Brigadier David Hugh Davies MC *1969–1975: Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson GCB ADC Gen *1975–1981: Colonel Marcus Fox MC *1981–1987: Lieutenant-General Sir Robin Carnegie KCB OBE *1987–1993: Brigadier James Rucker

Commanding Officers

Commanding Officers:Regiments and Commanding Officers, 1960–
* 1958–1961:

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David H. Davies * 1961–1963: Lt Col Marcus Fox * 1963–1965: Lt Col Patrick John Howard-Dobson * 1965–1967: Lt Col A. Michael L. Hogge * 1967–1969: Lt Col Robin MacDonald Carnegie * 1969–1971: Lt Col Michael B. Pritchard * 1971–1974: Lt Col John B. Venner * 1974–1976: Lt Col James W. F. Rucker * 1976–1979: Lt Col Robin D. H. H. Greenwood * 1979–1982: Lt Col Hugh Michael Sandars * 1982–1984: Lt Col Jeremy Julian Joseph Phipps * 1984–1987: Lt Col David John Malcolm Jenkins * 1987–1989: Lt Col Richard S. Fox * 1989–1992: Lt Col Charles W. M. Carter * 1992–1993: Lt Col Michael R. Bromley-Gardner

Alliances

The regiment's alliances were as follows: * 87th Field Battery Royal Canadian Artillery * 7th/XI Hussars *

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* Sherbrooke Hussars * 3rd/9th Light Horse (South Australian Mounted Rifles) * Waikato Regiment * Wellington East Coast Regiment *

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* Umvoti Mounter Rifles

References

External links

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* {{Queen's Royal Hussars Cavalry regiments of the British Army Hussar regiments of the British Army Military units and formations established in 1958 1958 establishments in the United Kingdom Component units of the Queen's Royal Hussars