Queen's Own Hussars

Queen's Own Hussars
Crest and tie colours of the Queen's Own Hussars
Active1958–1993
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeRoyal Armoured Corps
RoleLight Cavalry
Size1 Regiment
Motto(s)Nec Aspera Terrent (Latin, Nor do difficulties deter)
March
  • (Canter) The Campbells Are Coming
  • (Trot) Encore
  • (Quick) Light Cavalry, Robert the Devil and Bannocks o'Barley Meal
  • (Inspection) The Dettigen March
  • (Slow) The 3rd Hussars Slow March and Garb of Old Gaul
Mascot(s)Drum Horse
AnniversariesWaterloo Day; Dettigen Day; Colonel in Chief's Birthday; El Alamein Day.
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefQueen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

The Queen's Own Hussars (QOH), was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed from the amalgamation of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars at Candahar Barracks, Tidworth in 1958. The regiment served in Aden and Northern Ireland and as part of the British Army of the Rhine. The regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars to form the Queen's Royal Hussars on 1 September 1993.