Difference between revisions of "4th (Queen's Own) Hussars"

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1685 raised as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons and ranked as the 4th Dragoons
1751 formally titled the 4th Regiment of Dragoons
1788 renamed the 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons
1818 renamed the 4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
1861 renamed the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
1921 renamed the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
1958 amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
1993 amalgamated with The Queen's Own Hussars to form The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)

The regiment was in India from 1822-41 where they were based first at the Bay of Cambay and then at Kirkee. They took part in the 1st Afghan War.

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Queen's_Own_Hussars 4th Queen's Own Hussars] Wikipedia<br>
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