7th (Queen's Own) Hussars

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Crest of 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Chronology

  • 1690 raised as The Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1714 disbanded
  • 1715 reformed as The Princess of Wales's Own Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1727 became The Queen's Own Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 became the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1807 became the 7th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Hussars)
  • 1861 became the 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
  • 1921 retitled as 7th Queen's Own Hussars
  • 1958 amalgamated with the 3rd The King's Own Hussars to form the The Queen's Own Hussars
  • 1993 amalgamated with The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars to form The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)

Service in British India

External links

Historical books online