The Queen's Royal Hussars was formed in
Fallingbostel on 1 September 1993 from the amalgamation of the
Queen's Own Hussars and the
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. Home Headquarters was formed shortly thereafter at
Regent's Park Barracks in
London where it remains today. After the amalgamation, the regiment became the cavalry of the following areas: Northern Ireland,
Warwickshire,
Worcestershire,
West Midlands,
Surrey, and
Sussex. For a short time the regiment maintained a regimental band formed by the amalgamation of the two former regiment's bands, designated as the Band of the Queen's Royal Hussars. However, following a reorganisation of the Army Music, the band was amalgamated with the Bands of the
King's Royal Hussars and
Light Dragoons to form the Band of the Hussars and Light Dragoons on 1 September 1994, part of the new
Corps of Army Music. The Queen's Own Hussars, normally referred to by the abbreviation QOH, was a
cavalry regiment of the
British Army, formed from the amalgamation of
3rd The King's Own Hussars and the
7th Queen's Own Hussars at
Candahar Barracks,
Tidworth in 1958. The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, abbreviated as QRIH, was a
cavalry regiment of the
British Army formed from the amalgamation of the
4th Queen's Own Hussars and the
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars in
Hohne,
West Germany in 1958. The regiment, in January 1996, became the first to be deployed in
Challenger 1 tanks to Bosnia with
NATO's British-led Implementation Force
IFOR. The regiment received the
Canadian Forces' Unit Commendation for its actions in Bosnia on 15 June 1996. In August 1997 the regiment deployed to Northern Ireland on
Operation Banner and on their return moved in March 1998 to Athlone Barracks at
Sennelager as armoured regiment for
20th Armoured Brigade. In 1999 the regiment converted to
Challenger 2 tanks in which B Squadron deployed to Kosovo with
1PWRR Battle Group in August 2000. The regiment deployed to Kosovo in the dismounted role the following year from October 2001 to April 2002. December 2003 saw the regiment deploy once again, this time to Iraq on
Operation Telic 3. April 2006 saw the regiment deploy once again to
Iraq on Operation Telic 8 In 2011 the regiment deployed on
Operation Herrick 15 as a ground holding Battle Group to
Afghanistan in the infantry role: they worked with the
Afghan National Police handing over control of checkpoints. On return from Afghanistan in 2012 the regiment was called on to support the security for the London Olympic Games. The remainder of the year was used to return to the armoured role. 2013 saw C Squadron training with
5 Rifles on Exercise Bavarian Charger, mounted on Challenger 2. The Queen's Royal Hussars Battlegroup, comprising sub-units from 5 Rifles and
1 PWRR deployed on Exercise Prairie Thunder 2 between July and August 2013. In June 2014, the regiment deployed C Squadron to Operation Herrick 20 in Afghanistan, as the Warthog Group. This role involved crewing
Warthog armoured tracked vehicles and operating with dismounted infantry from 5 RIFLES to disrupt insurgents in Helmand during the draw down of British troops from Camp Bastion. They were the last British combat units on the ground in Helmand. The regiment moved to Tidworth from Germany with
20 Armoured Infantry Brigade, forming the senior of three heavy armoured regiments of British Army's Reactive Force, in 2019. It was the last British tank regiment to leave Germany. The Queen's Royal Hussars (QRH) took lead of NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup Estonia in March 2023. In January 2025 they became one of the first regiments to be outfitted with the new
Ajax armoured fighting vehicle. ==Organisation==