13th/18th Royal Hussars

April 2020 13th/18th Royal Hussars(Queen Mary's Own) 9 November 1922 – 1 December 1992 United Kingdom United Kingdom Line Cavalry Royal Armoured Corps Formation Reconnaissance One regiment Tower Street, York Diana, Princess of Wales Colonel-in-Chief Viret in aeternum ('May Their Name Flourish Forever')Pro rege, Pro lege, Pro patria conamur ('For King, For Justice, for Country we fight') thumb|right|Amphibious DD Tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars on D-Day; (note the folded flotation 'skirts' and twin propellers) The 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated with the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars to form the Light Dragoons in 1992. History Second World War thumb|right|Tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars advance with No. 4 Commando on D-Day thumb|right|Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944. Reverend Victor Leach, Padre of 13/18 Hussars, reading the burial service for a fallen tankman who was killed in action with the German 21st Panzer Division in the Hermanville-sur-Mer sector of Normandy, France. The dead man's comrades stand in silent tribute at the graveside. The regiment was created, as part of the reduction in cavalry in the aftermath of the First World War, by the amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars on 9 November 1922.http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D13-18h.htm Regiments.org 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) 11 September 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080124050552/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D13-18h.htm 24 January 2008 It was renamed as the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) after Queen Mary, who was Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment, in December 1935. The regiment transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in April 1939. During the Second World War, the regiment served as a reconnaissance unit with the 1st Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, part of 1st Infantry Division, during the Battle of France.http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/13th-18th-royal-hussars-queen-marys-own 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) National Army Museum 11 September 2016 It then served with the 27th Armoured Brigade. Having been equipped with Sherman DD tanks, it took part in the D-Day Landings at Sword Beach, and fought during Operation Overlord, taking part in the landings at Sword Beach,http://www.6juin1944.com/assaut/sword/en_page.php?page=3 Sword Beach : British Troops Patrick Elie 30 September 2019 and continuing fighting with the 27th Armoured Brigade until late July 1944 when it transferred to the 8th Armoured Brigade. Post-war The regiment was posted to Northampton Barracks in Wolfenbüttel in March 1946 and returned to the United Kingdom to its new base at Willems Barracks in Aldershot Garrison in October 1947.http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/royal-armoured-corps/13th-18th-hussars.html 13th/18th Royal Hussars British Army units 1945 on 11 September 2016 It was deployed to Libya in February 1948, to Egypt in April 1950 and to Malaya, for service as an armoured car regiment during the Malayan Emergency, in June 1950. It returned to Wolfenbüttel in November 1953 and then moved to McLeod Barracks at Neumünster in April 1956 from where it deployed a squadron to Aden. It returned to Malaya and was posted to Ramillies Camp at Ipoh in July 1958. The regiment joined 7th Armoured Brigade Group and moved to Wessex Barracks at Bad Fallingbostel in February 1961. It transferred to 4th Guards Brigade Group and relocated to Barker Barracks at Paderborn in February 1964 and then returned to the United Kingdom in a tank role at Cachy Barracks at Perham Down in December 1966; from there it continued to deploy troops to Aden. It returned to West Germany where it joined 4th Armoured Brigade and located to Swinton Barracks in Munster in January 1968. It became the garrisoned regiment at Long Kesh in January 1972, following the introduction of internment of Provisional Irish Republican Army suspects. After this tour, the regiment moved to Bovington Camp as RAC Centre Regiment in August 1972 and then returned to West Germany where it rejoined 7th Armoured Brigade with its base at Caen Barracks in Hohne in August 1974. It was deployed to Lisanelly Camp in Omagh in November 1977 and then moved to Carver Barracks in Wimbish in May 1979; from there it deployed units to Cyprus on peace keeping duties. The regiment was re-equipped with the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) range of vehicles, together with the Swingfire Wire-guided missile, and relocated to Harewood Barracks in Herford becoming part of 1st British Corps in November 1982. From there it deployed a squadron on guarding duties at the Maze Prison in September 1985. The regiment returned to the United Kingdom and joined 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade with its new base at Assaye Barracks in Tidworth Camp in November 1986 from where it again deployed squadrons to Cyprus. It went back to Northampton Barracks in Wolfenbüttel as recce regiment for 1st Armoured Division in May 1991. The regiment amalgamated with the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars to form the Light Dragoons on 1 December 1992. Regimental museum The regimental collection is held by the Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne.http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/museum.html Charge! The story of England's Northern Cavalry Light Dragoons 2 June 2018 30 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220830153435/http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/museum.html dead Battle honours Combined battle honours of the 13th and 18th Hussars plus: The Second World War: Dyle, Withdrawal to Escaut, Ypres-Comines Canal, Normandy Landing, Bréville, Caen, Bourguébus Ridge, Mont Pinçon, St. Pierre La Vielle, Geilenkirchen, Roer, Rhineland, Waal Flats, Goch, Rhine, Bremen, North-West Europe 1940 '44–45. Commanding Officers February 2021 The Commanding Officers have been:http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/REGIMENTAL%20COs.pdf Regiments and Commanding Officers, 1960 - Colin Mackie 27 4 February 2021 1959–1962: Lt.-Col. Douglas H.E. Coker 1962–1964: Lt.-Col. H. Stuart R. Watson 1964–1966: Lt.-Col. Philip B. Tillard 1966–1968: Lt.-Col. Roger S. Beresford 1968–1970: Lt.-Col. John R.L. Howard 1970–1973: Lt.-Col. John C.M. Ansell 1973–1976: Lt.-Col. David A.G. Edelsten 1976–1978: Lt.-Col. David J. St.J. Loftus 1978–1981: Lt.-Col. George McL. Stephen 1981–1983: Lt.-Col. Robert J.W. Ffrench-Blake 1983–1986: Lt.-Col. Roderick A. Cordy-Simpson 1986–1988: Lt.-Col. Edward L. Yorke 1988–1991: Lt.-Col. Allan L. Mallinson 1991–1992: Lt.-Col. Andrew R.E. de C. Stewart Colonels-in-Chief 1922: Queen Mary 1989: Diana, Princess of Wales Regimental Colonels Colonels of the Regiment were: http://www.regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/cav/D13-18h.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080124050552/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D13-18h.htm dead 24 January 2008 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) regiments.org 27 July 2017 1922–1938: Lt-Gen. The Lord Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (ex 13th Hussars) 1938–1942: Col. James Jardine Richardson, DSO 1942–1952: Brig. John Noel Lumley, CBE, MC 1952–1959: Maj-Gen. Charles Harvey Miller, CB, CBE, DSO 1959–1968: Col. Vincent Ashforth Blundell Dunkerly, DSO, JP 1968–1974: Col. John Roger Cordy-Simpson, CBE, MC 1974–1979: Maj-Gen. Derrick Bruce Wormald, DSO, MC 1979–1990: Maj-Gen. Henry Stuart Ramsay Watson, CBE 1990–1992: Col. Robert John William ffrench Blake (to Light Dragoons) 1992 Regiment amalgamated with 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars to form The Light Dragoons References External links 13 Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) Category:Hussar regiments of the British Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1922 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1992