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4th Queens Own Hussars    When war broke out in 1939 the 4th Hussars were stationed at Tidworth, Hampshire with the 1st Light Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division. They went to France with the BEF and were evacuated at Dunkirk. After being re-equipped and re-trained in Briatin, the 4th Hussars deployed in January 1941 to the Middle East with the 1st Armoured Brigade. In March 1941 they moved to Greece to support of 6th Australian Infantry Division. At the Corinth Canal Bridge the 4th Hussars fought a rearguard action to allow the allied forces to retreat to the Peloponnese Peninsula. During this action all the senior officers and over 400 men of the 4th Hussars were taken prisoner. The regiment was re-constituted in June 1941 at Cairo and in April 1942 they received Grant and Stuart tanks before they re-joined 1st Armoured Brigade. B Squadron was detailed to the London Yeomanry, but during the Gazala battles on the 12th June, it was ambushed and almost the whole squadron was lost. The 4th Hussars, along with the rest of 8th Army was withdrawn to El Alamein, where they were temporary amalgamated with one Squadron from 8th Hussars to become the 4th/8th Hussars. They saw action at Alam Haifa and during the battle of El Alamein, the combined regiment crossed the German minefields and captured the strategically important Halfaya Pass. In November 1942 the 4th/8th Hussars disolved and 4th Hussars moved to Cyprus for a rest and further training. In June 1943 they returned to Egypt and then later went to Italy with 1st Armoured Division, where they were in action on the Gothic Line at Coriano. Whilst in Italy they re-equipped with Kangaroo Armoured Personnel Carriers. In April 1945 they were again in action in the final battles up to the river Po and at the Argenta Gap. After VE day the 4th Hussars served in Austria helping to root out former SS members on the run. In October 1945 they transferred to 56th (London) Division. In July 1946 the regiment moved to Northern Austria and Syria and in March 1947 they moved to Lubeck on the Baltic coast for nine months until returning to Colchester at the end of the year. 1st Sep 1939 Reserves 4th Sep 1939 Transport 5th Sep 1939 On the Move 6th Sep 1939 Postings 7th Sep 1939 Admin 8th Sep 1939 Training 11th Sep 1939 Postings 15th Sep 1939 Training 16th Sep 1939 Training 30th Sep 1939 Training 1st Oct 1939 Training 18th Oct 1939 Training 19th Oct 1939 Training 25th Oct 1939 Greetings 28th Oct 1939 Training 29th Oct 1939 Orders 11th Dec 1939 Accident 23rd Dec 1939 Leave 31st Jan 1940 Poor Conditions 14th Feb 1940 Visit 19th Feb 1940 Death 26th Feb 1940 Posting 28th Feb 1940 Training 29th Feb 1940 New CO. 1st Mar 1940 Exercise 4th Mar 1940 Course 25th Mar 1940 Course 31st Mar 1940 Training 1st Apr 1940 Training 3rd Apr 1940 Reorganisation 20th Apr 1940 Vehicles 23rd Apr 1940 Postings 26th Apr 1940 Maintenance 30th Apr 1940 Maintenance 8th May 1940 Training 9th May 1940 Orders 15th May 1940 Advance 24th May 1940 Preparations 1st Jun 1940 Instructions 3rd Jun 1940 Orders Cancelled 4th Jun 1940 Training 14th Jun 1940 Reinforcements 17th Jun 1940 Orders 18th Jun 1940 Advance Party 19th Jun 1940 Orders 20th Jun 1940 On the Move 21st Jun 1940 Maintenance 22nd Jun 1940 On the Move 23rd Jun 1940 Recce 24th Jun 1940 Settling in 26th Jun 1940 Orders 29th Jun 1940 Musketry 30th Jun 1940 Musketry 1st Jul 1940 Musketry 2nd Jul 1940 Training 8th Jul 1940 Exercise 9th Jul 1940 Exercise 15th Jul 1940 Exercise 16th Jul 1940 Exercise 22nd Jul 1940 Exercise 23rd Jul 1940 Exercise 24th Jul 1940 Inspection 25th Jul 1940 Exercise 26th Jul 1940 Exercise 1st Aug 1940 Training 13th Aug 1940 Leave 14th Aug 1940 Advance Party 16th Aug 1940 On the Move 17th Aug 1940 Into Billets 18th Aug 1940 Recce 23rd Aug 1940 Inspection 29th Aug 1940 Exercise 30th Aug 1940 Exercise 31st Aug 1940 Exercise 5th Sep 1940 Visit 6th Sep 1940 Exercise 7th Sep 1940 Alert 9th Sep 1940 Route March 10th Sep 1940 Training 23rd Sep 1940 Exercise 24th Sep 1940 Exercise 26th Sep 1940 Advance Party 27th Sep 1940 Lecture 1st Jan 1941 In Camp 1st Jan 1941 Tanks 2nd Jan 1941 Tanks 4th Jan 1941 Visit 8th Jan 1941 Leave 12th Jan 1941 Storm 16th Jan 1941 Fire 25th Jan 1941 Training 26th Jan 1941 Training 27th Jan 1941 Enemy Vehicles 28th Jan 1941 Tour 30th Jan 1941 Raid 31st Jan 1941 Report 7th Feb 1941 Vehicles Arrive 8th Feb 1941 Vehicles 9th Feb 1941 Vehicles 10th Feb 1941 Vehicles 11th Feb 1941 Vehicles 12th Feb 1941 Vehicles 13th Feb 1941 Exercise 15th Feb 1941 Training 19th Feb 1941 Visit 20th Feb 1941 Exercise 21st Feb 1941 In Camp 24th Feb 1941 Orders 25th Feb 1941 Orders 26th Feb 1941 Vehicles 27th Feb 1941 Heavy Rain 28th Feb 1941 Flooding 1st Mar 1941 Orders 1st Mar 1941 Heavy Rain 2nd Mar 1941 On the Move 2nd Mar 1941 On the Move 3rd Mar 1941 On the Move 4th Mar 1941 On the Move 5th Mar 1941 On the Move 6th Mar 1941 On the Move 7th Mar 1941 On the Move 8th Mar 1941 Orders 9th Mar 1941 On the Move 10th Mar 1941 On the Move 11th Mar 1941 Vehicles 12th Mar 1941 Vehicles 13th Mar 1941 Miserable Conditions 14th Mar 1941 Move 15th Mar 1941 On the Move 16th Mar 1941 On the Move 17th Mar 1941 Vehicles 18th Mar 1941 Arrivals 21st Mar 1941 Enemy Aircraft 22nd Mar 1941 Recce 24th Mar 1941 Air Raid Alert 25th Mar 1941 Independence Celebrations 26th Mar 1941 Move 28th Mar 1941 On the Move 29th Mar 1941 Recce 31st Mar 1941 Recces 1st Apr 1941 Recce 2nd Apr 1941 Recce 3rd Apr 1941 Recce 4th Apr 1941 Recce 5th Apr 1941 Recce 6th Apr 1941 Attack 8th Apr 1941 Bridge Blown 9th Apr 1941 Orders 11th Apr 1941 Recce 12th Apr 1941 Orders 13th Apr 1941 In Action 14th Apr 1941 Air Attack 15th Apr 1941 Air Attacks 16th Apr 1941 Withdrawal 17th Apr 1941 On the Move 18th Apr 1941 Under Fire 19th Apr 1941 Difficult Terrain 20th Apr 1941 On the Move 21st Apr 1941 Patrols 22nd Apr 1941 Orders 23rd Apr 1941 Into Position 24th Apr 1941 Defence 25th Apr 1941 Defence 26th Apr 1941 Heavy Bombing 27th Apr 1941 On the Move 28th Apr 1941 On the Move 29th Apr 1941 On the Move 30th Apr 1941 On the Move 2nd Nov 1942 Move 4th Nov 1942 Advance 11th Nov 1942 Advance 12th Nov 1942 Advance 13th Nov 1942 On the Move 17th Nov 1942 On the Move 18th Nov 1942 On the Move 19th Nov 1942 On the Move 20th Nov 1942 Mines 21st Nov 1942 Mines Lifted 25th Nov 1942 Moves 26th Nov 1942 Detachment 13th Dec 1942 On the Move 18th Dec 1942 On the Move 29th Dec 1942 On the Move 31st Dec 1942 Minefield If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 4th Queens Own Hussars during the Second World War 1939-1945. Ashelford LA. Ayre Sidney. Barnes Herbert. Cpl. Benson John Darby. L/Cpl. Bridle N. Burnett CWS. Tpr. Causer MJ. Davies GE. Didsbury F. Drinkall RW. Etches Alfred Edwin. Tpr. Feak TA. Fox Frederick Wallis. Tpr. Groves J. Harding HCW. Howorth John Arthur. Cpl. Hussey DJ. Kincaid James. L/Cpl. Maloney J. Morgan Gethin. Pte Mulhinch John. Signalman. Mulhinch John. Newman Francis Edgar. L/Cpl Ord James Edward Francis. Cpl. (d.4 September 1942) Parkin JS. Peggie John Herd. Sgt. Shave EG. Smith Richard Sydney Grenville. 2nd Lt. Thomas Henry. Wakem William Aubrey. Warren Albert Edward. WO2. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 4th Queens Own Hussars from other sources. 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EG Shave 4th Queens Own Hussars EG Shave served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Sgt. John Herd Peggie MM 4th Queens Own Hussars Sgt.John Herd Peggie served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. JS Parkin 4th Queens Own Hussars JS Parkin served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Maloney 4th Queens Own Hussars J Maloney served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. L/Cpl. James Kincaid MM 4th Queens Own Hussars L/Cpl.James Kincaid served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. DJ Hussey 4th Queens Own Hussars DJ Hussey served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. HCW Harding 4th Queens Own Hussars HCW Harding served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. J Groves 4th Queens Own Hussars J Groves served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. TA Feak 4th Queens Own Hussars TA Feak served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. RW Drinkall 4th Queens Own Hussars RW Drinkall served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. F Didsbury MM 4th Queens Own Hussars F Didsbury served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. GE Davies 4th Queens Own Hussars GE Davies served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. MJ Causer 4th Queens Own Hussars MJ Causer served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Tpr. CWS Burnett 4th Queens Own Hussars Tpr.CWS Burnett served with the 4th Queens Own Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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