The
Queen's Own Hussars was formed at Candahar Barracks, Tidworth, Hampshire, on the
3rd of November 1958, by the amalgamation of the 3rd The King's
Own Hussars (3H) and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars (7H).
It
was the senior Light Cavalry Regiment in the
British Army until 1993, when on amalgamation with The
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, it became The Queen's Royal Hussars
(The Queen's Own & Royal Irish).
Colonel-in-Chief:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
(1900
- 2002)
Colonels
of the Regiment:
Major-General
R Younger CB CBE DSO MC DL JP
Colonel
Sir Douglas Scott Bt
Brigadier
DH Davies MC
Lieutenant-General
Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson GCB ADC Gen
Colonel
M Fox MC
Lieutenant-General
Sir Robin Carnegie KCB OBE
Brigadier
JWF Rucker
Commanding
Officers of the Regiment:
Lieutenant-Colonel
DB Wormald DSO MC
Lieutenant-Colonel
DH Davies MC
Lieutenant-Colonel
M Fox MC
Lieutenant-Colonel
PJ Howard-Dobson
Lieutenant-Colonel
AML Hogge
Lieutenant-Colonel
RM Carnegie OBE
Lieutenant-Colonel
MB Pritchard
Lieutenant-Colonel
JB Venner MC
Lieutenant-Colonel
JWF Rucker
Lieutenant-Colonel
RDHH Greenwood
Lieutenant-Colonel
HM Sandars
Lieutenant-Colonel
JJJ Phipps
Lieutenant-Colonel
DJM Jenkins BA
Lieutenant-Colonel
RS Fox
Lieutenant-Colonel
CWM Carter OBE
Lieutenant-Colonel
MR Bromley Gardner
Movement
of the Regiment
|
Nov
1958 - Jul 1960 |
Regiment
stationed at Tidworth as Armoured Regiment of 3rd Division.
|
|
Mar
1959 - Jul 1960 |
A
Sqn at Warminster as Demonstration Squadron to School of
Infantry. |
|
Feb
1960 -Dec
1960 |
C
Sqn based in Aden whilst
carrying out Desert Trials and Combined Service
Amphibious
exercises in and around the Arabian Gulf
area. |
|
Jul
1960 - Jul 1962 |
Regiment
served as Armoured Regiment of 6th Infantry Brigade Group at
Munster.
|
|
Jul
1962 - Feb 1965 |
Regiment
served as Armoured Regiment in 20th Armoured Brigade Group
at Detmold.
|
|
Feb
1965 - Feb 1967 |
Regiment
(less A Sqn) served as RAC Training Regiment at Catterick.
A Sqn served as Independent Armoured Squadron in Berlin.
|
|
Feb
1967 - Jul 1967 |
Regiment
converted to role of Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment at
Maresfield. |
|
Jul
1967 - Nov 1967 |
Regiment
(less B Sqn) served in Aden on Active service. One
MC and 6 Mentions In Dispatches awarded.
|
|
Jul
1967 - Mar 1968 |
B
Sqn stationed at Sharjah, Persian Gulf.
|
|
Nov
1967 - Oct 1968 |
Regiment
stationed at Maresfield as part of 2nd Infantry Brigade.
|
|
Oct
1968 - Aug 1970 |
Advance
RHQ and A Sqn stationed in Singapore. C Sqn stationed
in Hong Kong. Main RHQ, B and HQ Sqn stationed at
Maresfield. |
|
Jun
1969 - Dec 1969 |
B
Sqn served with United Nations Forces in Cyprus.
|
|
Aug
1970 |
Regiment
converted to Armoured Regiment and moved to Hohne to form part
of 7th Armoured Brigade. |
|
Feb
1972 - May 1972 |
RHQ
and A Sqn to N. Ireland, S. Armagh, as part of Eastern Armoured
Reconnaissance Regiment. |
|
Jun
1973 - Oct 1973 |
Regiment
served in Belfast, N. Ireland, in the infantry role as part of
39 Infantry Brigade. |
|
Sep
1974 |
Regiment
moved to Bovington as RAC Centre Regiment. B Sqn
Warminster, School of Infantry. |
|
May
1976 |
Regiment
moved to Detmold, BAOR. Part of 20th Armoured Brigade
Group. |
|
May
1977 - Sep 1977 |
N.
Ireland Tour, Armagh. A Sqn detached to Cookstown.
Rear party remain in Detmold. |
|
Jun
1979 - Oct 1979 |
N.
Ireland Tour, Belfast, two large dismounted squadrons in the
infantry role. RHQ at Fort Monagh, A Sqn at the Woodbourne
Hotel, B Sqn in Glasmullen, and HQ Sqn Echelon at
Musgrave Park. |
|
Apr
1983 |
Regiment
(less D Sqn) served as RAC Training Regiment at Catterick.
D Sqn served as Independent Armoured Squadron in Berlin.
|
|
Sep
1983 - Mar 1984 |
Recce
Troop detached to Belize, Central America, as Force
Armoured Reconnaissance Troop. |
|
Sep
1984 - Mar1985 |
Recce
Troop detached to Belize, Central America, as Force Armoured
Reconnaissance Troop. |
|
Jun
1985 |
Regiment
moved to Hohne, 22nd Armoured Brigade |
|
Jan
1987 - Mar 1987 |
A
Sqn + part of D Sqn, detached as HMP Maze Prison Guard Force
|
|
Dec
1990 -
June
1991 |
A
Sqn + D Sqn, formed G Sqn and were detached to Dhekialia
Garrison, Cyprus. C Sqn + B Sqn formed H Sqn
and were detached to UN Forces Cyprus on "The
Line". |
|
Jun
1992 -
Jun
1993 |
B
Sqn detached as Independent Squadron, Sovereign Base
Area, Episkopi, Cyprus.
D
Sqn detached to Northern Ireland as
HMP Maze Prison Guard Force.
|
|
July
1993 |
Advance
Party elements of the Regiment moved to Fallingbostel.
|
|
Sept
1993 |
Regiment
moved from Hohne on Amalgamation with The Queens Royal Irish
Hussars at Fallingbostel to form The Queen's Royal Hussars |
Affiliations
and Allied Regiments:
"A"
Squadron (Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) The Queen's Own
Mercian Yeomanry
4th
Worcestershire Cadet Squadron, Army Cadet Force
HMS
Birmingham
............................
(Decommissioned in
December 1999, sold for scrap October 2000)
HMS
Naiad
............................
(Decommissioned in
April 1987, sunk while used as Target Ship, March 1990)
Canada
- The Sherbrooke
Hussars
.............................
Australia
- 3rd/9th South
Australian Mounted Rifles
............................
New
Zealand - Queen Alexandra's (Waikato/Wellington East Coast)
Squadron,
Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps
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