Northumberland Hussars

Northumberland Hussars
Cap badge
Active	1819–present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Yeomanry
Role	Formation reconnaissance
Size	One Squadron
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	Newcastle upon Tyne
Nickname(s)	The Noodles[1]
Engagements	Second Boer War First World War France and Flanders 1914–18 Second World War North Africa 1941–43 Greece 1941 Middle East 1941–43 Sicily 1943 North-West Europe 1944–45
Battle honours	See battle honours below
Commanders
Honorary Colonel	Captain Nigel R. Wyrley-Birch, TD[2]
Notable commanders	Charles Loftus Bates

The Northumberland Hussars was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army, transferred to the Royal Artillery for the duration of the Second World War. It was disbanded as an independent Territorial Army unit in 1967, a time when the strength of the Territorial Army was greatly reduced. The regiment's name lives on in the title of the command and support squadron of the Queen's Own Yeomanry (QOY), a Formation Reconnaissance Regiment based in Newcastle upon Tyne.