Why not follow the story of The Queen’s Royal Hussars from its beginning in 1685 up until the present day by using the timeline:
Northern Ireland In 1972, after an absence from Ireland of 93 years, and at the end of the first year the Queen’s Own Hussars had spent together since 1964, 'RHQ' and 'A' Squadron were sent to County Armagh. This was the first of four tours that the Queen’s Own Hussars…
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Rhodesia 1979-80 In November 1979, Lt Col Rhoderick-Jones was summoned by the local Task Force Commander to be told that he and a Commonwealth Force of 1,200, including some 25 Irish Hussars, were to fly to Rhodesia to monitor a cease-fire between the Security Forces of the country and the…
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The Gulf War 1990-91 After weeks of posturing, the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein sent his army into Kuwait, a sovereign territory he had long claimed belonged to Iraq. The British government, along with an impressively large and diverse body of allies, decided that Saddam Hussein must not be allowed…
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Amalgamation Due to post-Cold War restructuring of the Armed Forces under 'Options for Change,' it was announced in 1990 that 'The Queen's Own Hussars and The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars would amalgamate to form 'The Queen's Royal Hussars. On the 1st of September 1993, the new Regiment was formed at…
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Amalgamation Due to post-Cold War restructuring of the Armed Forces under 'Options for Change,' it was announced in 1990 that 'The Queen's Own Hussars and The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars would amalgamate to form 'The Queen's Royal Hussars. On the 1st of September 1993, the new Regiment was formed at…
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The Queen's Royal Hussars Due to the post-Cold War restructuring of the Armed Forces under 'Options for Change,' it was announced in 1990 that The Queen's Own Hussars and The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars would amalgamate to form The Queen's Royal Hussars. On 1st September 1993, the new Regiment was…
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Dec 1995 - Jun 1996 The war in Bosnia-Herzegovina (henceforth in this account abbreviated to Bosnia) was part of the violent break-up of Yugoslavia which saw, in 1991, the secession of Croatia and Slovenia from the old communist federation. In early 1992 the multi-ethnic population of Bosnia…
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Kosovo 2000-02 During the late 1980s when, in common with other parts of communist Eastern Europe, it began to break up, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia. Within Serbia were two largely autonomous provinces, one…
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Op TELIC 3 In the early autumn of 2003, the General Officer Commanding the 3rd Armoured Division addressed the officers senior ranks on the developing situation in south-east Iraq. The regiment was to take over an area of operations that included north Basra and Maysan, a province north of the…
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Afghanistan - Op HERRICK Armoured Support Group Royal Marines (ASGRM) In the summer of 2008, The Queen's Royal Hussars had been ordered to provide an enlarged troop to supplement the Armoured Support Group Royal Marines (ASGRM) in Afghanistan. Some familiarization with the all-terrain vehicle known as Viking then followed. The…
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