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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 ...
Abbreviation. QRH. The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (QRH) is a British armoured regiment. It was formed on 1 September 1993 from the amalgamation of the Queen's Own Hussars and the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. The regiment and its antecedents have been awarded 172 Battle Honours and eight Victoria Crosses.
The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1693. It saw service for three centuries including the First and Second World Wars . The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces, and went on to distinguish itself in the battles of the Korean War , but was recommended for ...
Colonel-in-Chief. Sir Winston Churchill. The 4th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War. It amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958.
Below is the list of units part of the corps down to platoon (troop) size. [ 81 ][ 82 ] Joint Service Support Unit, at RAF Digby (Army Reserve elements) 63 (Special Air Service) Signal Squadron, at Stirling Lines, Hereford and a troop in Portsmouth. Central Volunteer Headquarters, Royal Corps of Signals, at Basil Hill Barracks, Corsham [ 83 ...
The King's Royal Hussars (KRH) is a Royal Armoured Corps regiment of the British Army formed in 1992. Based at Tidworth it serves as the armoured regiment of the 12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (ABCT). Under Army 2020 Refine, it is intended to exchange its Challenger 2 tanks for Ajax vehicles. [ 1 ][ 2 ]
The barracks, which were named after Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, were completed in 1810 and first occupied by the British Army in 1814. [2] Many Irishmen were stationed there before going overseas to fight in the First World War. [2] During the First World War the barracks also served as the 2nd cavalry depot [3] providing ...
Parkes' Victoria Cross and other three medals were once owned by his regiment and displayed in their officers' mess (first the 4th Hussars, then the Queens Royal Irish Hussars and finally the Queens Royal Hussars. They sold them, however, to fund their new regimental museum in Trinity Mews, Priory Rd, Warwick CV34 4NA.