Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
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ActiveMay 1798 – present
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1794–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–present)
Branch Army Reserve
TypeYeomanry
RoleMounted infantry Second Boer War
Cavalry World War I
Artillery World War II
Signals
Port Maritime Present
SizeSquadron (current)
Part ofRoyal Logistic Corps
Garrison/HQBanbury
Nickname(s)Agricultural Cavalry
Queer Objects On Horseback
ColorsMantua Purple
Engagements
Battle honoursSee Battle Honours below
WebsiteQueen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment
Winston Churchill

The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (QOOH) was a Yeomanry Cavalry regiment of the British Army's auxiliary forces, formed in 1798. It saw service in the Second Boer War with 40 and 59 Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry and was the first Yeomanry regiment to serve in Belgium and France during the Great War.[1] After almost four years of Trench warfare on the Western Front, where cavalry had been superfluous, the QOOH led the advance during the Allies' victorious Hundred Days Offensive in 1918. In 1922, the QOOHt became part of the Royal Artillery and during World War II it served as anti-tank gunners at Singapore and in North West Europe. After a series of postwar mergers and changes of role, the regiment's lineage is maintained by 142 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Vehicle Squadron, Royal Logistic Corps.

  1. ^ The Times, Monday, 19 Nov 1979; pg. VIII; Issue 60478; col H Obituary of former soldier, The Rt Rev R. B. White, Suffragan Bishop of Tonbridge