The 4th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into the The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Queens Royal Irish Hussars, normally reffered to by the abbriviation QRIH, was a United Kingdom cavalry regiment formed from the amalgamation of the 4th Queens Own Hussars and the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars in Hohne, Germany in 1958. ...

The regiment was first raised as The Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons in 1685, by the regimenting of various independent troops, and ranked as the 4th Dragoons. In 1751, it was formally titled as the 4th Regiment of Dragoons, and in 1788 named for Queen Charlotte as the 4th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Dragoons. Queen Charlotte, (née Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was the queen consort of George III of the United Kingdom (1738–20). ...

The regiment was designated light dragoons in 1818, becoming the 4th (The Queen's Own) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons, and as hussars in 1861 as the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars. After service in the First World War, the regiment retitled as 4th Queen's Own Hussars in 1921. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

The regiment mechanised in 1936 and was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in 1939. The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces, but was slated for reduction in the 1957 Defence White Paper, and was amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars the following year. The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) is currently a collection of ten regular regiments, mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Army. ... The 1957 White Paper on Defence was a British white paper setting forth the future as seen of the British military. ... The Queens Royal Irish Hussars, normally reffered to by the abbriviation QRIH, was a United Kingdom cavalry regiment formed from the amalgamation of the 4th Queens Own Hussars and the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars in Hohne, Germany in 1958. ...

References

• Mills, T.F.. 4th Queen's Own Hussars. regiments.org. Retrieved on March 30, 2007. Includes chronological index of titles.