Queen's Royal Hussars

The Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
Cap Badge of The Queen's Royal Hussars
Active	2 September 1993-
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Line Cavalry
Role	Armoured
Size	One regiment
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	RHQ - London Regiment - Sennelager
Nickname(s)	'Churchill's Own'
Motto(s)	Mente et Manu, translated as "mind and hand"
March	Quick - Regimental Quick March of The Queen's Royal Hussars Slow - 3rd Hussars Slow March/ Litany of Loretto/The Garb of Old Gaul/March of the Scottish Archers
Mascot(s)	Drum Horse (Alamein)
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, GBE
Colonel of the Regiment	Lt Gen Tom Beckett CBE
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Arm Badge	Maid of Warsaw from 7th Hussars
Tartan	Saffron (Pipers kilts and capes)
Abbreviation	QRH

The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (QRH) is the senior United Kingdom armoured 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 eight 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.

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.

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.

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.