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1922: 13th/18th Hussars - formed by amalgamation of 13th Hussars and 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

1935: 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

1939: transferred to Royal Armoured Corps

1992: amalgamated with 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars to form The Light Dragoons.

Deployment
1935.12 13th/18th Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
1938 England: Shorncliffe 1 Div
1939? mechanised
1939.09 France & Belgium recce regt, 1 Inf Div
1940.06 UK 1 Armd Recce Bde
1940.12 UK 9 Armd Div
1944.07 NW Europe 8 Armd Bde
1945.05 Germany
1948 Libya
1950.06 Malaya
1953.07 Germany: NeuMünster 91 Bde
1956.04 NeuMünster
1957.09 [Sqn - Malaya]
1958.10 Malaya
1959.03 [Sqn - Aden]
1961 Germany: Detmold 20 Armd Bde
1964.01 Paderborn 4 Bde
1967.09 England: Tidworth tank
1967 Aden (one sqn)
1967 England: Tidworth
1968.03 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
1972.01 England: Tidworth 5 Inf Bde (recce)
1972.01 (Northern Ireland)
1972.05 England: Tidworth
1973.05 Germany: Herford I Corps recce
1975.09 (Northern Ireland)
1976.01 Germany: Herford I Corps recce
1977.01 Herford 4 Armd Div (recce)
1977.11 Northern Ireland: Omagh
1979.05 England: Tidworth 8 Field Force (recce)
1982.01 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde (recce)
1983.01 Germany: Herford 4 Armd Div (recce)
1987.01 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde (recce)
1991.07 Germany: Wolfenbüttel 1 Armd Div (recce)
1992.12.01 amalgamated with 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, to form The Light Dragoons


Battle Honours WW2
Dyle, Withdrawal to Escaut, Ypres-Comines Canal, Normandy Landing, Breville, Caen, Bourgebus Ridge, Mont Pincon, St Pierre La Vielle, Geilenkirchen, Roer, Rhineland, Waal Flats, Goch, Rhine, Bremen, North West Europe.

Victoria Cross - Iain Stewart site

King's Royal Hussars Museum Winchester (Ogilby Trust)

 

 


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