Queen's Own Hussars | |
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Active | 1958–1993 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Royal Armoured Corps |
Role | Light Cavalry |
Size | 1 Regiment |
Motto(s) | Nec Aspera Terrent (Latin, Nor do difficulties deter) |
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Mascot(s) | Drum Horse |
Anniversaries | Waterloo Day; Dettigen Day; Colonel in Chief's Birthday; El Alamein Day. |
Commanders | |
Colonel-in-Chief | Queen 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.