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1922: 14th/20th Hussars formed by amalgamation of 14th King's Hussars and 20th Hussars

1936: 14th/20th King's Hussars

1939: Transferred to Royal Armoured Corps

1941: cadre detatched to form 26th Hussars

1992: amalgamated with The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) to form The King's Royal Hussars.

Deployment

1922.10.01 14th/20th Hussars
formed at Cologne by amalgamation of 14th King's Hussars, and 20th Hussars
1922.10 Germany: Cologne Army of Occupation
1923 England: Tidworth 2 Cav Bde
1927 York
1929 Aldershot
1930 Hounslow
1931 Egypt
1933 India: Risalpur
1936.12.16 14th/20th King's Hussars
1937 Lucknow
1939.03.31 mechanised (Vickers light tanks)
1939.09 India
1941.07 India 2nd/252 Ind Armd Bde
1944.03 Middle East
1945.01 Italy Corps Troops
1946 UK RAC Training Regt
1950 England: Tidworth
1952 Libya
1954.08 (Malaya)
195? ?
1956 Germany: Münster 20 Armd Bde
1957.06 Münster APC Regiment [Sqn-7 Bde; Sqn-20 Bde]
1960.12 Hohne 7 Armd Bde
1962 Aden & Libya
1964 [Sqn-Cyprus]
1964 England: Catterick tank training regt
1966.09 Germany: Paderborn 6 Bde
1967 Germany: Paderborn 4 Bde
1970.01 England: Tidworth 5 Inf Bde
1972.01 ?
1972.11 Germany: Minden 11 Armd Bde
1976.05 Germany: Hohne 7 Armd Bde
1977.01 Germany: Hohne 1 Armd Div
1977.08 (Northern Ireland)
1977.12 Germany: Hohne 1 Armd Div
1981.01 Germany: Hohne 7 Armd Bde
1983.01 Germany: Hohne 22 Armd Bde
1985.01 England: Catterick tank training regiment
1988.03 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde (last Berlin sqn) (Challenger)
1990.09 (Persian Gulf)
1991.04 Germany: Münster
1991.05 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde (recce)
1992.12.04 amalgamated with The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own), to form The King's Royal Hussars

Battle Honours

Vimiera, Douro, Talavera, Fuentes d Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Peninsula, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, Punjaub, Persia, Central India, Suakin, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa.

World War One

Mons, Marne, Aisne, Messines, Ypres, Cambrai, Somme, Amiens, Sambre, Tigris, Kut al Amara, Baghdad, Mesopotamia, Persia.

World War Two

Bologna, Medicina, Italy.

Gulf 1991

Wadi al Batin.

Victoria Cross - Iain Stewart site

14th/20th King's Hussars Museum, Lancashire County and Regimental Museum, Preston. (Ogilby Trust)

 

 


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