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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