13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

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The 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) was a British Army cavalry regiment, later an armoured unit, that served in major 20th-century conflicts before being amalgamated into The Light Dragoons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
armoured regiment
cavalry regiment
activePeriod 1922–1992
allegiance Crown in right of the United Kingdom
surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
amalgamatedInto Light Dragoons
surface form: The Light Dragoons
arm Royal Armoured Corps
associatedWith British cavalry regimental system
Royal Armoured Corps cap badge
branch British Army
convertedTo armoured regiment
country United Kingdom
dateFormed 1922
disbanded 1992
equipment armoured fighting vehicles
tanks
era 20th century
formedByMergerOf 13th Hussars
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) self-linksurface differs
surface form: 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
garrison Fallingbostel
Paderborn
Tidworth Camp
surface form: Tidworth
honorificSuffix 7th Queen’s Own Hussars
surface form: Queen Mary's Own
militaryFunction armoured warfare
cavalry
namedAfter Queen Mary
notableFor service during the Normandy landings
transition from horse cavalry to armour
participatedIn Cold War deployments
D-Day
Battle of Normandy
surface form: Normandy landings

North-West Europe campaign
surface form: Northwest Europe campaign (1944–1945)

World War II
surface form: Second World War
partOf British Army of the Rhine
Royal Armoured Corps
precededBy 13th Hussars
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) self-linksurface differs
surface form: 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
regimentalCategory Hussars
regimentalTraditionsCarriedOnBy Light Dragoons
surface form: The Light Dragoons
role armoured reconnaissance
service British Army armoured forces
successor Light Dragoons
surface form: The Light Dragoons
type armoured
line cavalry

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Light Dragoons formedFrom 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
Light Dragoons honoursInheritedFrom 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) precededBy 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) formedByMergerOf 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
13th Light Dragoons followedBy 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
13th Light Dragoons reorganizedAs 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars amalgamatedWith 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)