15th/19th THE KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS CAP BADGE

15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Cap Badge 

This Auction is for the Cap Badge as formerly worn by the 15th/19th The kings Royal Hussars Cavalry Regiment. This Regiment fell victim to 'Options for Change' in the early 1990's, and were amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars in 1992 to form a new Regiment The Light Dragoons.

Brand new Brass and white metal Cap badge, 43mm high, complete with it's slider. 

Guaranteed new/unissued and in mint condition. 

Brief Regimental History -  

The 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was created as part of the reduction in the cavalry in the aftermath of World War I. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 15th The King's Hussars and the 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra's Own) on 11 April, 1922, becoming the 15th/19th Hussars. It briefly dropped the 19th numeral from its title in 1932, becoming the 15th The King's Royal Hussars, before regaining it the following year.

World War 2

At the outbreak of the Second World War, it was based at York with the 3rd Infantry Division, serving as the divisional reconnaissance regiment (03/09/1939 - 30/03/1940). It deployed with them as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and fought in the Battle of France. During this time, it also operated with the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade (30/03/1940 - 22/06/1940) , it was decimated during the German Army advance and was evacuated from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo, leaving all its Armour and vehicles behind. After the withdrawal and having suffered heavy losses, it operated with 3rd Motor Machine Gun Brigade, being assigned to the newly raised 28th Armoured Brigade of 9th Armoured Division in December 1940 (01/12/1040 to 20/06/1944), with a cadre being detached to form the 23rd Hussars. It remained in the UK until after the D-Day landings, when it was sent to Normandy as the divisional reconnaissance regiment of the 11th Armoured Division, (17/08/1944 - 31/08/1945). It ended the war in Germany.

Post War

The Regiment served in Palestine between 1945 and 1948 and was involved in the Malayan Emergency from 1954 to 1956 with the Regimental Headquarters and one squadron based at Ipoh; the other squadrons were based at Taiping and Raub. After Malaya the Regiment was posted to Oman, Muscat and Aden during the rebellion of the Imam of Oman in 1957.

Cold War

During the Cold War, it saw service across the world; as with most armoured regiments, however, it spent much of its time in West Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). In 1976 the regiment returned to the UK, re-roling as an Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, equipped with the FV101 Scorpion, deploying to BAOR with the 3rd Armoured Division in 1977 stationed in the German city of Paderborn and became the fourth of four divisional Armoured Reconnaissance regiments in BAOR. During this time the Regiment would deploy squadrons to Northern Ireland as part of Operation Banner, which would be formed around the Close Reconnaissance Troops of 'A' Squadron who would be attached to their associated battlegroup. The Regiment's 'A' Squadron also deployed twice as a Squadron on Op Banner as the prison guard force based at HMP Maze and HMP Crumlin. The Close Reconnaissance Troops also deployed to CFB Suffield in Canada on Ex MEDICINE MAN in the early 1980s.

In late 1984 the main body of the Regiment returned to England as the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment in Bovington Camp in Dorset, apart from 'A' Squadron, which was deployed to Cyprus as the resident Armoured Car Squadron - one of the last units in the British Army to use the Ferret Scout Car, Saladin and Saracen armoured cars. In the late 1980s, the Regiment re-roled back to a Main Battle Tank (MBT) unit, serving on FV4201 Chieftain tanks, initially with the Mk5 before moving onto the more advanced and up-armoured MK10 and Mk11. The Regiment was one of the last to actively man the steadfast Chieftain MBT at battle readiness, serving on them until being disbanded during 1992.

As part of the post-Cold War defence reforms, the 15th/19th amalgamated with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) on 1 December, 1992 to form The Light Dragoons, again reverting back to the Armoured Reconnaissance role serving on FV107 Scimitar Combat Vehicles, Reconnaissance (Tracked) (CVR(T)s) in the Formation Reconnaissance role.

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