 The
Queen's Own Hussars were formed from the amalgamation of the 3rd King's
Own Hussars and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars in Tidworth 1958. 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 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 indipendent squadrons, one
as armoured reconnaissance in Cyprus and the other as the Maze prison
guard force in Northern Ireland.
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