Northumberland Hussars
| Northumberland Hussars | |
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Badge of the Northumberland Hussars
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| Active | 1819 – present |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Yeomanry |
| Role | Formation reconnaissance |
| Size | One Squadron |
| Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
| Garrison/HQ | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Nickname(s) | The Noodles |
| Engagements | |
| Battle honours | See battle honours below |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Charles Loftus Bates |
Second Boer War
First World War
The Northumberland Hussars is a British Territorial Army Squadron equipped with FV107 Scimitar and FV103 Spartan armoured reconnaissance vehicles. The squadron is part of The Queen's Own Yeomanry (QOY), a Formation Reconnaissance Regiment. The 'Hussars' are based in Newcastle upon Tyne and are part of the 15th (North East) Brigade of the 2nd Division.
On mobilisation, the 'Hussars' would reinforce one of the regular formation reconnaissance regiments. Some personnel from the squadron were attached to regular Royal Armoured Corps units for Operations Telic and Herrick.
In 1794, King George III was on the throne, William Pitt the Younger was Prime Minister of Great Britain and, across the Channel, Britain was faced by a French nation that had recently guillotined its King and possessed a revolutionary army numbering half a million men. The Prime Minister proposed that the Counties form a force of Volunteer Yeoman Cavalry that could be called upon by the King to defend the country against invasion or by the Lord Lieutenant to subdue any civil disorder within the country.
However, it was not until 1819 that The Newcastle Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry was raised. Shortly afterward, in 1831, the regiment was used against its own countrymen, putting down the miners' strikes of that year. In 1876, the regiment was renamed the Northumberland Hussars.
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