14th/20th King’s Hussars

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The 14th/20th King’s Hussars was a British Army cavalry regiment, later an armoured unit, that served in numerous campaigns throughout the 20th century before being amalgamated into the King’s Royal Hussars.

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14th/20th King’s Hussars canonical 5
14th King’s Hussars 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
armoured regiment
cavalry regiment
allegiance Crown in right of the United Kingdom
surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
arm Royal Armoured Corps
associatedWith King’s Royal Hussars
battleHonoursCarriedForwardTo King’s Royal Hussars
branch British Army
colonelInChief Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
surface form: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
country United Kingdom
dateDisbanded 1992
dateFormed 1922
disbandedBy amalgamation
equipment armoured fighting vehicles
tanks
formedByAmalgamationOf 14th/20th King’s Hussars self-linksurface differs
surface form: 14th King’s Hussars

20th Hussars
garrison Catterick Garrison
surface form: Catterick

Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

Münster
Paderborn
Tidworth
motto Honi soit qui mal y pense
mottoLanguage French
mottoTranslation Shame on him who thinks evil of it
nickname The Tigers
notableTheatre Europe
Middle East
North Africa
precededBy 14th/20th King’s Hussars self-linksurface differs
surface form: 14th King’s Hussars

20th Hussars
regimentalFamily British hussar regiments
role armoured reconnaissance
armoured warfare
servedIn British Army of the Rhine
Cold War
Italian campaign
surface form: Italian Campaign

North African campaign
surface form: North African Campaign

The Troubles
surface form: Northern Ireland conflict

World War II
surface form: Second World War
servicePeriod 20th century
succeededBy King’s Royal Hussars
tradition light cavalry
type armoured regiment
line cavalry
uniform hussar dress

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King’s Royal Hussars formedByMergerOf 14th/20th King’s Hussars
King’s Royal Hussars battleHonoursInheritedFrom 14th/20th King’s Hussars
this entity surface form: 14th King’s Hussars
King’s Royal Hussars hasPredecessor 14th/20th King’s Hussars
20th Hussars amalgamatedInto 14th/20th King’s Hussars
KRH formedByMergerOf 14th/20th King’s Hussars
subject surface form: King’s Royal Hussars
KRH battleHonoursInheritedFrom 14th/20th King’s Hussars
subject surface form: King’s Royal Hussars
14th/20th King’s Hussars precededBy 14th/20th King’s Hussars self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 14th King’s Hussars
14th/20th King’s Hussars formedByAmalgamationOf 14th/20th King’s Hussars self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 14th King’s Hussars