Queen's Royal Irish Hussars

The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars regimental badge
Active	1958–1993
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Royal Armoured Corps
Role	Main Battle Tank
Size	550
Regimental Headquarters	London
Nickname(s)	The Crossbelts
Motto(s)	Mente et Manu (By Mind and Hand)
March	The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
Anniversaries	Saint Patrick's Day, Balaclava Day
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	The Duke of Edinburgh
Colonel of the Regiment	Sir Winston Churchill Lt Col George Kidston-Montgomerie DSO MC of Southannon[1] Air Marshall Sir John Baldwin Major General John Strawson

The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, abbreviated as QRIH, was a cavalry regiment of the British Army formed from the amalgamation of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars and the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958. The regiment saw active service against insurgents in Aden; during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation and during the Gulf War, as well as regular service in West Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine. The regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Hussars to form the Queen's Royal Hussars on 1 September 1993.