King's Royal Hussars
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The King's Royal Hussars | |
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Cap badge of the King's Royal Hussars |
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Active | 4 December 1992- |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Army |
Type | Line Cavalry |
Role | Armoured |
Size | One regiment |
Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Tidworth |
March | Quick - The King's Royal Hussars Slow - Coburg Other - The Eagle |
Commanders | |
Colonel-in-Chief | HRH The Princess Royal |
Colonel of the Regiment |
Brigadier Christopher Keith Price, CBE |
Insignia | |
Tactical Recognition Flash | |
Arm Badge | Crossed Kukris From 14th/20th King's Hussars |
The King's Royal Hussars is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and was formed on 4 December 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments:
The regiment currently serves in the armoured role, equipped with Challenger 2 tanks, and is based in Tidworth, Wiltshire. The current Earl of Ulster currently serves as an officer in the regiment.
The regiment is organised into a total of four squadrons, each of which perpetuates the title of one of its antecendent regiments:
- A Squadron (The Twentieth Hussar Squadron)
- B Squadron (The Fourteenth Hussar Squadron)
- C Squadron (The Eleventh Hussar Squadron)
- D Squadron (The Tenth Hussar Squadron)
[edit] Alliances
- Canada - 1st Hussars
- Australia - 10th Light Horse
- Australia - 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry)
- Australia - 4th/19th Prince of Wales's Light Horse
- New Zealand - Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles
- Pakistan - The Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
- Zambia - Zambia Armoured Car Regiment
[edit] Affiliated Yeomanry
- The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own)
- The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
- The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
[edit] Order of Precedence
Preceded by: 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) |
Cavalry Order of Precedence | Succeeded by: The Light Dragoons |