4th Queen's Own Hussars

4th Queen's Own Hussars
Badge of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
Active1685 - 1958
Country Kingdom of England (1685–1707)
 Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1958)
Branch British Army
TypeCavalry of the Line/Royal Armoured Corps
RoleLight Cavalry
SizeRegiment
Part ofRoyal Armoured Corps
Regimental HeadquartersLondon
Nickname(s)Paget's Irregular Horse
Motto(s)Mente et Manu (With Mind and Hand)
MarchQuick: Berkeley's Dragoons
Slow: Litany of Loretto
AnniversariesSalamanca Day, 22 July
Balaklava Day, 25 October
St Patrick's Day, 17 March
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefSir Winston Churchill

The 4th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War. It amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958.

History

Formation and early history

Lieutenant-Colonel George Paget, 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons, Dublin 1850, who commanded the regiment during the Crimean War (Michael Angelo Hayes, 1850)

The regiment was first raised by the Hon. John Berkeley as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons in 1685, as part of the response to the Monmouth Rebellion by the regimenting of various independent troops, and ranked as the 4th Dragoons.[1] The regiment transferred its allegiance to King William III in February 1689 and fought the depleted forces of James II in Scotland later that year.[2] The regiment saw action at the Battle of Steenkerque, where it suffered heavy losses, in August 1692 and at the Siege of Namur in July 1695 during the Nine Years' War.[2] The regiment suffered heavy losses again at the Battle of Almansa in April 1707 during the War of the Spanish Succession and next fought at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in November 1715 during the Jacobite rising.[2]

The regiment saw action at the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743, when Trooper George Daraugh bravely recovered the regimental standard that had been seized by a French officer during the War of the Austrian Succession. The regiment suffered a serious reverse when it was ambushed during a series of disastrous events leading up to Fall of Ghent in July 1745 and then fought bravely to mitigate the British defeat at the Battle of Lauffeld in July 1747.[2] The regiment was formally titled as the 4th Regiment of Dragoons in 1751 and, having helped suppress the Gordon Riots in 1780, it was named for Queen Charlotte as the 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons in 1788.[1]

The regiment fought at the Battle of Talavera in July 1809 under Sir Arthur Wellesley and then contributed to a successful ambush of the enemy at the Battle of Usagre in May 1811 during the Peninsular War.[2] The regiment took part in a successful charge at the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812 and in the aftermath seized some of Joseph Bonaparte's silver; it then fought at the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813 and at the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814.[2] The regiment was designated a light dragoons in 1818, becoming the 4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons and went to fight at the Battle of Ghazni in July 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan War.[2]

The charge of the Light Brigade, October 1854; The 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons were in the second line of cavalry (in the middle of the picture) on the right flank (towards the back of the picture)

The regiment next saw action, as part of the light brigade under the command of Major General the Earl of Cardigan, at the Battle of Alma in September 1854.[3] The regiment was in the second line of cavalry on the right flank during the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854.[4] The brigade drove through the Russian artillery before smashing straight into the Russian cavalry and pushing them back; it was unable to consolidate its position, however, having insufficient forces and had to withdraw to its starting position, coming under further attack as it did so.[4] The regiment lost four officers and 55 men in the debacle.[4] Private Samuel Parkes was awarded the Victoria Cross during the charge for saving the life of a Trumpeter, Hugh Crawford.[5]

The regiment became the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars in 1861.[6] Winston Churchill was commissioned as a cornet in the 4th Hussars in February 1895.[7]

First World War

2nd Lt Winston Churchill in 1895

The regiment, which was based on the Curragh at the commencement of the First World War, landed in France as part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade in the 2nd Cavalry Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front.[2] The regiment took part in the Great Retreat in September 1914, the First Battle of Ypres in October 1914 and the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915.[2] The regiment also helped halt the German advance at the Battle of Moreuil Wood in March 1918 in a conflict that saw the regiment’s commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel John Darley, killed in action.[2]

Inter-war

The regiment was retitled as the 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1921: it moved to India that year and remained there until 1931; the regiment mechanised in 1936 and was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in 1939.[1]

Second World War

Winston Churchill inspecting men of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars at Loreto aerodrome, Italy, 25 August 1944

The regiment was posted to the Middle East arriving on 31 December 1940[8] and as part of the 1st Armoured Brigade in the 6th Australian Infantry Division fought in the Greek Campaign.[2] As the rearguard in the Corinth Canal Bridge action the regiment was overrun and surrendered en masse, losing all senior officers and over 400 men as prisoners of war.[2] In June 1941, the regiment was reconstituted in Cairo and rejoined the 1st Armoured Brigade. Badly mauled during the Battle of Gazala in May 1942 and having lost almost an entire squadron, which had been attached to the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters),[9] in June 1942, the regiment was temporarily amalgamated with one squadron from the (similarly depleted) 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars to form the 4th/8th Hussars for the Battle of Alam el Halfa in August 1942 and the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942.[10] The regiment fought with distinction in the Italian campaign during the allied advance into the Axis territories.[2] Winston Churchill became Honorary Colonel of the Regiment in 1941 and served until amalgamation.[2]

Post-war

After the Second World War, the 4th Hussars deployed to Lübeck in Germany in March 1947 from where the regiment was sent to serve in the Federation of Malaya in September 1948.[11] It returned to the UK in December 1951 and was then posted to Caen Barracks in Hohne in September 1953.[11] The regiment was slated for reduction in the 1957 Defence White Paper, and was amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958.[1]

Regimental museum

The regimental collection is based at a new facility in Warwick known as "Trinity Mews": the museum opened in April 2022.[12]

Battle Honours

The battle honours of the regiment were as follows:[6]

Victoria Cross

Regimental Colonels

The colonels of the regiment were as follows:[6]

4th Regiment of Dragoons - (1751)
4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons - (1788)
4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons - (1818)
4th (Queen's Own) Hussars - (1861)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mills, T.F. "4th Queen's Own Hussars". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "History: 4th Queen's Own Hussars". Queen’s Royal Hussars Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ^ "The Battle of the Alma". British Battles. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "The Battle of Balaclava". British Battles. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. ^ "No. 21971". The London Gazette. 24 February 1857. p. 655.
  6. ^ a b c "4th Queen's Own Hussars". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 3 March 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Lieutenant Churchill: 4th Queen's Own Hussars". The Churchill Centre. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. ^ "War Diary of the 4th Hussars in 1940". Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  9. ^ "War Diaries For 3rd County of London Yeomanry (3rd Sharpshooters) 1942". www.warlinks.com. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Regiments That Served With The 7th Armoured Division". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  11. ^ a b "4th Queen's Own Hussars". British Army units 1945 on. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  12. ^ "The Museum of The Queen's Royal Hussars - Churchill's Own". qrhmuseum.uk.
  • 4th Light Dragoons. Private website researching the regiment between 1824 and 1860.
  • [1]. Website researching the 4th Queen's Own Light Dragoons and 4th Queen's Own Hussars.

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