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created 1 November 2000. Corrected and updated
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The
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
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United
Kingdom 
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the
main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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1795 |
independent
troops |
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1827 |
disbanded |
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1830 |
independent
troops |
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1834 |
Gloucestershire
Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
formed with HQ at Badminton by regimentation
of indep troops |
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1841.02 |
Royal
Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry |
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1848 |
Royal
Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars)
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1893.04.01 |
troops
reorganised in squadrons |
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1900 |
sponsored
3rd Coy, 1st Bn, Imperial Yeomanry |
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1901.04.17 |
Gloucestershire
Imperial Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars)
reorganised in four sqns and MG sec |
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1908.04.01 |
Gloucestershire
Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars)
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Gloucester |
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- A Squadron at Gloucester (dets at Ledbury,
Cheltenham, Winchcombe)
- B Squadron at Stroud (dets at Westonbirt,
Yate, Berkeley, Cirencester, Bourton-on-the-Water)
- C Squadron at Newport (Monmouth) (dets
at Cardiff, Chepstow, Ebbw Vale, Monmouth, Abergavenny)
- D Squadron at Bristol (dets at Broadmead,
Tockington, Horfield Barracks)
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1920.02.07 |
reconstituted
in T.A.with HQ at Gloucester |
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1921.07.14 |
21st
(Gloucestershire Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Tank
Corps
at Gloucester |
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1923.10.18 |
21st
(Gloucestershire Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company, Royal
Tank Corps |
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1939.04.30 |
Royal
Gloucestershire Hussars
transferred to Royal
Armoured Corps |
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1947.01.01 |
reconstituted
in TA with HQ at Gloucester |
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- A Squadron at ?
- B Squadron at ?
- C Squadron at ?
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1967.04.01 |
The
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Territorials)
disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as
infantry in TAVR III with RHQ at Bristol formed from elements of The
North Somerset and Bristol Yeomanry; 43 Div/Dist Provost Coy,
RMP; and 71 Coy, WRAC |
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1969.01.01 |
The Royal
Gloucestershire Hussars
reduced to cadre at Cheltenham, sponsored by 37
Signal Regiment (V) |
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1971.04.01 |
three
units reconstituted from cadre: |
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1992 |
C
Sqn reorganised as HQ (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars)
Squadron at Cirencester and Stroud |
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1999.07.01 |
C
(Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Squadron, The
Royal Wessex Yeomanry
formed at Cirencester by amalgamation of HQ Sqn
and A Sqn |
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History: |
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The Royal
Gloucestershire Hussars (Regimental site) |
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The
Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (The Glorious Glosters) |
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The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, 
by Paul Baker (History of the Hussars)
[Internet
Archive] |
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A
military history of Bristol during the Revolutionary War 1793-1802,
by John Penny |
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Gloucestershire
Yeomanry, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War) |
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Royal
Gloucestershire Hussars, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath
1914-1918) |
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Deployment and War Service of Units: |
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Biography
and Gallantry Awards: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Associations,
Forums and Re-Enactors: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Museums,
Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: |
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Soldiers
of Gloucestershire Museum, Gloucester (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) |
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Soldiers
of Gloucestershire Museum, Gloucester (Simonides listing) |
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Soldiers
of Gloucestershire Museum, Gloucester (Museum site) |
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South
Africa 1900-01
The Great War:
Suvla,
Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani,
Rafah, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza,
El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus,
Palestine 1917-18
The Second World War:
Tobruk
1941, Gubi I, Sidi Rezegh 1941, Chor es Sufan, Gazala, Bir el Aslagh,
Cauldron, Alam el Halfa, West Point 23, North Africa 1941-42
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Record of Colours: |
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
1953-present: blue; facings: buff |
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Commandant: |
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1834.04.21 |
Lt-Col. Henry (Somerset), 7th Duke of Beaufort,
KG |
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1853 |
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Honorary Colonel, Royal
Gloucestershire Hussars: |
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1874.04.29 |
Hon. Col. Henry Charles Fitzroy (Somerset),
8th Duke of Beaufort, KG, MP, PC [Master
of the Horse 1858-59; HM Lt Monmouthshire] |
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1887.08.06 |
Capt. (Hon. Col.) Francis William Fitzhardinge
(Berkeley), 2nd Baron Fitzhardinge |
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1896 |
vacant |
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1904.05.14 |
Col. Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy (Somerset),
9th Duke of Beaufort, TD, DL, JP, ADC |
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1926.06.12 |
Col. Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy (Somerset),
10th Duke of Beaufort, KG, GCVO, PC
[Master of the Horse 1936-78; HM Lt Gloucestershire] |
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1967.04.01 |
Col. Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy (Somerset),
10th Duke of Beaufort, KG, GCVO, PC [reappointed] |
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1969.04.01 |
Col. Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy (Somerset),
10th Duke of Beaufort, KG, GCVO, PC [reappointed] |
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Deputy Honorary Colonel,
Wessex Yeomanry: |
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1971.04.01 |
Col. Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset,
10th Duke of Beaufort, KG, GCVO, PC [reappointed;
to 31 Mar. 1972; also Hon. Col. Wessex Yeo] |
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Honorary Colonel, Royal
Gloucestershire Hussars: |
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1972.04.01 |
Col. Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset,
10th Duke of Beaufort, KG, GCVO, PC [reappointed] |
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1984.06.07 |
Lt. (Hon. Col.) David Robert (Somerset),
11th Duke of Beaufort |
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1994.02.23 |
Col. John Evelyn Baring Hills, TD, DL [also
R Wessex Yeo; Col. Cmdt. Yeomanry] |
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1999.11.01 |
Lt-Col. D.R. Ayshford-Sanford, TD |
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