King's Royal Hussars

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United Kingdom |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Allegiance: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Branch: | Army |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left; width: 30%; " | Type: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Role: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Size: | One regiment |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Command structure: | Royal Armoured Corps |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | : | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Garrison/HQ: | Tidworth |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | : | HRH The Princess Royal |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | : | Brigadier Christopher Keith Price, CBE |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left; " | Nickname: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left; " | Patron: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Motto: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | : | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | : | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | March: | Quick - The King's Royal Hussars
Slow - Coburg
Other - The Eagle |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Mascot: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Notable battles or wars: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Notable commanders: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Anniversaries: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Decorations: | |- class="hiddenStructure" ! style="text-align: left;" | Battle honours: | |} The King's Royal Hussars is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and was formed on 4 December1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments:

• The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
• 14th/20th King's Hussars

The regiment currently serves in the armoured role, equipped with Challenger 2 tanks, and is based in Tidworth, Wiltshire. The current Earl of Ulster currently serves as an officer in the regiment.

The regiment is organised into a total of four squadrons, each of which perpetuates the title of one of its antecendent regiments:

• A Squadron (The Twentieth Hussar Squadron)
• B Squadron (The Fourteenth Hussar Squadron)
• C Squadron (The Eleventh Hussar Squadron)
• D Squadron (The Tenth Hussar Squadron)

Order of Precedence

|- style="text-align: center;" | width="30%" |Preceded by:
9th/12th Royal Lancers
(Prince of Wales's) | width="40%" style="text-align: center;" |Royal Armoured Corps
Order of Precedence | width="30%" |Succeeded by:
The Light Dragoons

 

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