Queen's Own Hussars - Deployment

Deployment

Nov 1958 - Jul 1960 - Tidworth as Armoured Regiment of 3rd Division.
Mar 1959 - Jul 1960 - A Sqn at Warminster as Demonstration Squadron to School of Infantry.
Feb 1960 - Dec 1960 - C Sqn based in Aden whilst carrying out Desert Trials and Combined Service Amphibious exercises in and around the Persian Gulf area.
Jul 1960 - Jul 1962 - Armoured Regiment of 6th Infantry Brigade Group at Munster.
Jul 1962 - Feb 1965 - Regiment served as Armoured Regiment in 20th Armoured Brigade Group at Detmold.
Feb 1965 - Feb 1967 - RAC Training Regiment, Catterick. A Sqn served as Independent Armoured Squadron in Berlin.
Feb 1967 - Jul 1967 - Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment at Maresfield.
Jul 1967 - Nov 1967 - Aden on Active service (less B Sqn). (One MC and 6 Mentions In Dispatches awarded.)
Jul 1967 - Mar 1968 - B Sqn stationed at Sharjah, Persian Gulf.
Nov 1967 - Oct 1968 - Maresfield as part of 2nd Infantry Brigade.
Oct 1968 - Aug 1970 - Advance RHQ and A Sqn at Singapore. C Sqn in Hong Kong. Main RHQ, B and HQ Sqn at Maresfield.
Jun 1969 - Dec 1969 - B Sqn served with United Nations Forces in Cyprus.
Aug 1970 - Converted to Armoured Regiment and moved to Hohne to form part of 7th Armoured Brigade.
Feb 1972 - May 1972 - RHQ and A Sqn to N. Ireland, S. Armagh, as part of Eastern Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment.
Jun 1973 - Oct 1973 - Belfast, N. Ireland, in the infantry role as part of 39 Infantry Brigade.
Sep 1974 - Bovington as RAC Centre Regiment. B Sqn Warminster, School of Infantry.
May 1976 - Detmold, BAOR. Part of 20th Armoured Brigade Group.
May 1977 - Sep 1977 - N. Ireland Tour, Armagh. A Sqn detached to Cookstown. Rear party remain in Detmold.
Jun 1979 - Oct 1979 - N. Ireland Tour, Belfast, two large dismounted squadrons in the infantry role. RHQ at Fort Monagh, A Sqn at the Woodbourne Hotel, B Sqn in Glasmullen, and HQ Sqn Echelon at Musgrave Park.
Apr 1983 - RAC Training Regiment at Catterick. D Sqn served as Independent Armoured Squadron in Berlin.
Sep 1983 - Mar 1984 - Recce Troop detached to Belize, Central America, as Force Armoured Reconnaissance Troop.
Sep 1984 - Mar 1985 - Recce Troop detached to Belize, Central America, as Force Armoured Reconnaissance Troop.
Jun 1985 - Hohne, 22nd Armoured Brigade
Jan 1987 - Mar 1987 - A Sqn + part of D Sqn, detached as HMP Maze Prison Guard Force
Dec 1990 - Jun 1991 - A Sqn + D Sqn, formed G Sqn and were detached to Dhekialia Garrison, Cyprus. C Sqn + B Sqn formed H Sqn and were detached to UN Forces Cyprus on "The Line".
Jun 1992 - B Sqn detached as Independent Squadron, Sovereign Base Area, Episkopi, Cyprus. D Sqn detached to Northern Ireland as HMP Maze Prison Guard Force.
Jul 1993 - Advance Party elements of the Regiment moved to Fallingbostel.
Sept 1993- Amalgamation at Fallingbostel.

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