Queen's Own Hussars
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The Queen's Own Hussars, normally referred to by the abbreviation QOH, was a cavalry regiment
of the British Army
, formed from the amalgamation of 3rd The King's Own Hussars
and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars
at Candahar Barracks, Tidworth
in 1958.
The regiment was posted to Aden
in 1967, and to Hohne
, Germany
in 1970, where it returned in 1985. Stationed at Hobart Barracks, Detmold from 1977 to 1983 as part of 4th Armoured Division. During the 70s and 80s the regiment was in Canada every year training for the impending Russian invasion but also undertook a number of tours of Northern Ireland.
The regiment was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars on 1 September 1993, to form The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish).
The following two years saw the Regiment blown to the four corners of the globe, with independent squadrons serving in Singapore, Hong Kong, Maresfield and Cyprus. The Queen's Own Hussars converted back to being an armoured regiment in 1970, and were posted to Hohne as part of the 7th Armoured Brigade for rour years in which time they completed two tours of Northern Ireland, one in armoured cars and the latter on foot. In 1974 they relocated to Bovington for two years, then Detmold for seven years puntuated by another two tours of Northern Ireland, returning to England in 1983.
Their final move as a complete regiment was out to Hohne in 1985, from where they completed a United Nations tour of Cyprus in 1990, and in 1993, shortly before there amalgamation they had two large independent squadrons, one as armoured reconnaissance in Cyprus and the other as the Maze prison guard force in Northern Ireland.
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
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
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 Persian Gulf
area.
Jul 1960 - Jul 1962 - 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 - RAC Training Regiment, Catterick. A Sqn served as Independent Armoured Squadron in Berlin
.
Feb 1967 - Jul 1967 - Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment at Maresfield.
Jul 1967 - Nov 1967 - Aden on Active service (less B Sqn). (One MC and 6 Mentions In Dispatches awarded.)
Jul 1967 - Mar 1968 - B Sqn stationed at Sharjah, Persian Gulf.
Nov 1967 - Oct 1968 - Maresfield as part of 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Oct 1968 - Aug 1970 - Advance RHQ and A Sqn at Singapore. C Sqn in Hong Kong. Main RHQ, B and HQ Sqn at Maresfield.
Jun 1969 - Dec 1969 - B Sqn served with United Nations Forces in Cyprus.
Aug 1970 - 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 - Belfast, N. Ireland, in the infantry role as part of 39 Infantry Brigade.
Sep 1974 - Bovington as RAC Centre Regiment. B Sqn Warminster, School of Infantry.
May 1976 - 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 - 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 - Mar 1985 - Recce Troop detached to Belize, Central America, as Force Armoured Reconnaissance Troop.
Jun 1985 - Hohne, 22nd Armoured Brigade
Jan 1987 - Mar 1987 - A Sqn + part of D Sqn, detached as HMP Maze
Prison Guard Force
Dec 1990 - Jun 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 - B Sqn detached as Independent Squadron, Sovereign Base Area, Episkopi, Cyprus. D Sqn detached to Northern Ireland as HMP Maze Prison Guard Force.
Jul 1993 - Advance Party elements of the Regiment moved to Fallingbostel.
Sept 1993- Amalgamation at Fallingbostel.
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
Cavalry regiments of the British Army
There are currently nine regular cavalry regiments of the British Army, with two tank regiments provided by the Royal Tank Regiment, traditionally classed alongside the cavalry, for a total of eleven regiments. Of these, five serve as armoured regiments, and five as formation reconnaissance...
of the British Army
British Army
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, formed from the amalgamation of 3rd The King's Own Hussars
3rd The King's Own Hussars
The 3rd Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Hussars in 1958.-The Glorious Revolution:...
and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars
7th Queen's Own Hussars
The 7th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first formed in 1690. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Own Hussars in 1958....
at Candahar Barracks, Tidworth
Tidworth
Tidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, 12 miles south of Marlborough, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury and 6 miles east...
in 1958.
The regiment was posted to Aden
Aden
Aden is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea , some 170 kilometres east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a...
in 1967, and to Hohne
Hohne
Hohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle. It includes the three former parishes of Hohne, Helmerkamp and Spechtshorn...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in 1970, where it returned in 1985. Stationed at Hobart Barracks, Detmold from 1977 to 1983 as part of 4th Armoured Division. During the 70s and 80s the regiment was in Canada every year training for the impending Russian invasion but also undertook a number of tours of Northern Ireland.
The regiment was amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars on 1 September 1993, to form The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish).
History
The Regiment remained in England until 1960 with one squadron serving in Aden. It was bought back together as the armoured Regiment of the 6th Infantry Brigade at Munster in northern Germany. They moved to Detmold two years later and back to Catterick in 1965 except for "A" Squadron who became the first Berlin Armoured Squadron. 1967 was a very busy year for the Regiment as their role was converted to that of an armoured reconnaissance regiment and deployed to keep the fragile peace in Aden, where they were awarded one MC and six mentions in despatches.The following two years saw the Regiment blown to the four corners of the globe, with independent squadrons serving in Singapore, Hong Kong, Maresfield and Cyprus. The Queen's Own Hussars converted back to being an armoured regiment in 1970, and were posted to Hohne as part of the 7th Armoured Brigade for rour years in which time they completed two tours of Northern Ireland, one in armoured cars and the latter on foot. In 1974 they relocated to Bovington for two years, then Detmold for seven years puntuated by another two tours of Northern Ireland, returning to England in 1983.
Their final move as a complete regiment was out to Hohne in 1985, from where they completed a United Nations tour of Cyprus in 1990, and in 1993, shortly before there amalgamation they had two large independent squadrons, one as armoured reconnaissance in Cyprus and the other as the Maze prison guard force in Northern Ireland.
Colonels of the Regiment
Major-General R Younger CB CBE DSO MC DL JPColonel 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
Robin Carnegie
Lieutenant General Sir Robin Macdonald Carnegie KCB OBE was a senior British Army officer who became Military Secretary. He died peacefully in Salisbury Hospice.-Military career:...
KCB OBE
Brigadier JWF Rucker
Commanding Officers of the Regiment
Lieutenant-Colonel DB Wormald DSO MCLieutenant-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
Deployment
Nov 1958 - Jul 1960 - Tidworth as Armoured Regiment of 3rd Division.Mar 1959 - Jul 1960 - A Sqn at Warminster
Warminster
Warminster is a town in western Wiltshire, England, by-passed by the A36, and near Frome and Westbury. It has a population of about 17,000. The River Were runs through the town and can be seen running through the middle of the town park. The Minster Church of St Denys sits on the River Were...
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 Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
area.
Jul 1960 - Jul 1962 - 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 - RAC Training Regiment, Catterick. A Sqn served as Independent Armoured Squadron in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
Feb 1967 - Jul 1967 - Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment at Maresfield.
Jul 1967 - Nov 1967 - Aden on Active service (less B Sqn). (One MC and 6 Mentions In Dispatches awarded.)
Jul 1967 - Mar 1968 - B Sqn stationed at Sharjah, Persian Gulf.
Nov 1967 - Oct 1968 - Maresfield as part of 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Oct 1968 - Aug 1970 - Advance RHQ and A Sqn at Singapore. C Sqn in Hong Kong. Main RHQ, B and HQ Sqn at Maresfield.
Jun 1969 - Dec 1969 - B Sqn served with United Nations Forces in Cyprus.
Aug 1970 - 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 - Belfast, N. Ireland, in the infantry role as part of 39 Infantry Brigade.
Sep 1974 - Bovington as RAC Centre Regiment. B Sqn Warminster, School of Infantry.
May 1976 - 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 - 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 - Mar 1985 - Recce Troop detached to Belize, Central America, as Force Armoured Reconnaissance Troop.
Jun 1985 - Hohne, 22nd Armoured Brigade
Jan 1987 - Mar 1987 - A Sqn + part of D Sqn, detached as HMP Maze
Maze
A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways, but technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth, as the labyrinth has a single...
Prison Guard Force
Dec 1990 - Jun 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 - B Sqn detached as Independent Squadron, Sovereign Base Area, Episkopi, Cyprus. D Sqn detached to Northern Ireland as HMP Maze Prison Guard Force.
Jul 1993 - Advance Party elements of the Regiment moved to Fallingbostel.
Sept 1993- Amalgamation at Fallingbostel.
Affiliations and Allied Regiments
A Squadron (Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry4th 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