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.

History

The regiment was formed from the amalgamation of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars at Candahar Barracks, Tidworth in November 1958. The regiment remained at Tidworth as an armoured regiment within 3rd Armoured Division. One squadron was sent to Warminster as Demonstration Squadron to School of Infantry in March 1959 and another was sent to Aden in February 1960.

Regimental museum

The Queen's Own Hussars Museum was based at Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick until 2016. The regimental collection subsequently moved to a new facility in Warwick known as "Trinity Mews".

Colonels of the regiment

Colonels of the regiment were as follows:

  • 1958–1962: Major-General Ralph Younger CB CBE DSO MC DL JP
  • 1926–1965: Colonel Sir Douglas Scott, Bt
  • 1965–1969: Brigadier David Hugh Davies MC
  • 1969–1975: Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson GCB ADC Gen
  • 1975–1981: Colonel Marcus Fox MC
  • 1981–1987: Lieutenant-General Sir Robin Carnegie KCB OBE
  • 1987–1993: Brigadier James Rucker

Commanding Officers

Commanding Officers:

  • 1958–1961: Lieutenant Colonel David H. Davies
  • 1961–1963: Lt Col Marcus Fox
  • 1963–1965: Lt Col Patrick John Howard-Dobson
  • 1965–1967: Lt Col A. Michael L. Hogge
  • 1967–1969: Lt Col Robin MacDonald Carnegie
  • 1969–1971: Lt Col Michael B. Pritchard
  • 1971–1974: Lt Col John B. Venner
  • 1974–1976: Lt Col James W. F. Rucker
  • 1976–1979: Lt Col Robin D. H. H. Greenwood
  • 1979–1982: Lt Col Hugh Michael Sandars
  • 1982–1984: Lt Col Jeremy Julian Joseph Phipps
  • 1984–1987: Lt Col David John Malcolm Jenkins
  • 1987–1989: Lt Col Richard S. Fox
  • 1989–1992: Lt Col Charles W. M. Carter
  • 1992–1993: Lt Col Michael R. Bromley-Gardner

Alliances

The regiment's alliances were as follows: