 The
Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish) was formed on the
1 September 1993 from the amalgamation of The Queen's Own Hussars and
The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. The Regiment traces its roots back to
1685 and during these past 300 years has been awarded 172 Battle Honours
and 8 VCs.
From
the formation of the Standing Army in 1685 the Regiment and her antecedents
have fought with distinction in almost every campaign that the British
Army has conducted. The Regiment charged with the Light Brigade in the
Crimea, and with Wellington at Waterloo. They fought in South Africa during
the Boer War and suffered the hell of trench life in France and Flanders
during the Great War. The transition from horse to tank in the1930s guaranteed
that the Regiment has played a central role in armoured warfare, from
the deserts of North Africa and the jungles of Burma, to the beaches of
Normandy. More recently the Regiment distinguished itself in Korea and
the Gulf War. The QRH was the first to deploy tanks into Bosnia and blooded
their new Challenger 2 tanks in Kosovo.
The Regiment is currently based in Sennelager Germany. It provides the Armoured Regiment to 20 Armoured Brigade, which is part of 1(UK) Armoured Division. In recent years the Regiment has conducted successful tours of duty in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and more recently in Cyprus.
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