4th Hussars

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The 4th Hussars was a British Army light cavalry regiment known for its service in various 19th- and early 20th-century campaigns before later amalgamation into larger cavalry formations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cavalry regiment ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
battleHonour Balaklava ⓘ
linked to: Balaclava, Crimea

El Alamein ⓘ
Peninsula ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
South Africa 1899–1902 ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
campaign Crimean campaign ⓘ
Italian campaign ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
South African campaign ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
convertedTo armoured regiment ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
equipment carbine ⓘ
lance ⓘ
sabre ⓘ
garrison Aldershot ⓘ
Colchester ⓘ
Tidworth ⓘ
honorificTitle Queen’s Own ⓘ
laterName 4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars ⓘ
memberOf Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps (post‑mechanisation context) ⓘ
militaryUnitType hussar regiment ⓘ
light cavalry ⓘ
notableCommander Winston Churchill ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Balaclava ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
Battle of Vittoria ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Vitoria

Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Relief of Ladysmith ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Ladysmith

Second Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
originalName 4th Regiment of Dragoons ⓘ
linked to: 4th Light Dragoons
role raiding ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
screening ⓘ
service Crimean War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
status amalgamated ⓘ
successorUnit Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars ⓘ
uniformFeature braided dolman ⓘ
busby ⓘ
pelisse ⓘ

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