The Queen’s Own Hussars

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British Army cavalry regiment armoured regiment reconnaissance regiment

The Queen’s Own Hussars was a British Army cavalry regiment formed in 1958 that served in armoured and reconnaissance roles during the Cold War and various postwar deployments.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Queen’s Own Hussars 2
Royal Hussars 2
Queen's Own 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army cavalry regiment ⓘ
armoured regiment ⓘ
reconnaissance regiment ⓘ
allegiance British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
amalgamatedWith The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars NERFINISHED ⓘ
armOfService Royal Armoured Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleHonoursInheritedFrom 3rd The King’s Own Hussars NERFINISHED ⓘ
7th Queen’s Own Hussars NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
category Cavalry regiments of the British Army ⓘ
Regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps ⓘ
conflictPeriod Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFormed 1958 ⓘ
deployment Northern Ireland conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ
postwar overseas deployments ⓘ
disbandedByAmalgamation 1993 ⓘ
engagement Cold War deterrent operations in West Germany ⓘ
equipment armoured fighting vehicles ⓘ
main battle tanks ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
formedByAmalgamationOf 3rd The King’s Own Hussars NERFINISHED ⓘ
7th Queen’s Own Hussars NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paderborn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tidworth NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage King’s Own Hussars lineage ⓘ
Queen’s Own Hussars lineage ⓘ
notableActivity internal security duties in Northern Ireland ⓘ
partOf British Army of the Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMission NATO armoured defence in Europe ⓘ
role armoured reconnaissance ⓘ
armoured warfare ⓘ
servedIn Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy The Queen’s Royal Hussars NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeInExistence 1958–1993 ⓘ
tradition hussar regiment ⓘ
type line cavalry ⓘ
uniformFeature hussar-style busby ⓘ
pelisse ⓘ

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

3rd King’s Own Hussars → amalgamatedInto → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
3rd King’s Own Hussars → successor → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
7th Queen’s Own Hussars → amalgamatedInto → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen’s Own Hussars
7th Queen’s Own Hussars → successor → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen’s Own Hussars
11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) → mergedInto → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) Regiment
4th Queen’s Own Hussars → titleGranted → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen’s Own
11th Hussars → mergedInto → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own)
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars → honorificPrefix → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen's Own
Nicholas Soames → militaryUnit → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Hussars
Prince Michael of Kent → militaryUnit → The Queen’s Own Hussars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Hussars