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The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (QRH) is the senior United Kingdom light cavalry regiment. It was formed on 1 September 1993 from the amalgamation of The Queen's Own Hussars and The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars. The regiment traces its roots back to 1685 and during the past 320 years has been awarded 172 Battle Honours and 8 Victoria Crosses. The regiment is currently based in Sennelager, Germany, where it is the armoured regiment for 20th Armoured Brigade, part of British Forces Germany. ==History== 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Queen's Royal Hussars )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Queen's Own Hussars )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Queen's Royal Irish Hussars )〕 After moving to Catterick as part of 19 Mechanised Brigade, in June 1995, 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. It spent its time as part of 2nd Canadian Multi National Brigade, and was awarded The Canadian Forces Unit Commendation - the first time that this had been awarded to a foreign unit, and the first overseas commendation received by a British unit since the Korean War.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=King's Royal Hussars )〕 1997 the regiment deployed to South Armagh Northern Ireland on Operation BANNER. On return in 1998 they conducted return to role training in preparation for its return to Germany. The regiment returned to Athlone Barracks Sennelager Germany in 1998 as 20 Armoured Brigades armoured regiment. 1999 they converted to Challenger 2 tanks, in which an independent tank squadron deployed to Kosovo in 2001, with the rest of the regiment deploying later that year in the dismounted role.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Queen's Royal Hussars )〕 In 2002 the regiment were deployed to the UK to cover the emergency services due to the Fire Brigade union strikes. 2003 saw the regiment deploy once again, this time to Iraq on Operation Telic 3. B Squadron (light role) attached to 1st Battalion the Light Infantry Battle Group in Al Amarah, C (light role), D (on CR2) and HQ Squadrons in Basra. The regiment (as QRH) saw its first Military Cross awarded to LCpl Balmforth of B Squadron for his actions during an ambush in Al Jameat Basra. April 2006 saw the regiment deploy once again to Iraq on Operation Telic 8. This time C Squadron deploying as part of QRH BG in Al Amarah, B Squadron attached to 1 PWRR BG and A Squadron in Basra. This tour saw the regiment deploy on Challenger 2, Land Rover WMIK, Snatch, Saxon and patrol boats in the marshes of Maysaan and the River Tigris. An eventful tour seeing the regiment close down Camp Abu Naji and concentrating operations on the Iranian border. In 2008 the regiment deployed again to Iraq on Operation Telic 13 where it was engaged in various mentoring tasks with Iraqi forces in Basra City, Umm Qasr and Az Zubayr. As the final Operation Telic the Queen's Royal Hussars were intimately involved in the drawdown from the main British base and spent many hours escorting convoys to and from Kuwait.〔 Over the same period two troops deployed to Afghanistan on Operation HERRICK crewing the Viking ATV as part of the Royal Marine Armoured Support Group. In 2011 the regiment deployed on Operation HERRICK 15 as a ground holding Battle Group to Afghanistan in the infantry role. C (Coy) Squadron where they worked with the Afghan National Police handing over control of checkpoints.〔 B Squadron with the Afghan National Army as mentors and D Squadron manning Warthog as Taskforce Helmands armoured shock troops. On return from Afghanistan in 2012 the regiment was called on at very short notice 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 Baverian 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 will move to Tidworth with 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade, forming the senior of three Type 56 heavy armoured regiments of British Army's Reactive Force. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queen's Royal Hussars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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