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Queen's Own
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Note:
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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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| 1798.05 | Watlington troop raised | |||||
| 1798 | three more troops raised at Bullington, Dorchester and Thame; Wooton; Bloxham and Banbury | |||||
| 1803 | Bloxham and Banbury troop expanded to squadron | |||||
| 1818 | North-western Oxfordshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry | |||||
| 1823 | 1st Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry | |||||
| 1828.04.01 | disbanded, but several troops retained without pay | |||||
| 1830.12 | re-accepted on roll of yeomanry | |||||
| 1835.11.07 | 1st, or Queen's
Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry honorific granted by Queen Adelaide |
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| 18uu | The Queen's
Own Oxfordshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry (Light Dragoons) HQ at Woodstock |
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| 18uu | Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Queen's Own, Oxford) | |||||
| 1888 | Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars | |||||
| 1893.04.01 | troops reorganised in squadrons; HQ at Oxford | |||||
| 1900 | sponsored 40th Coy, 10th Bn and 59th Coy, 15th Bn, Imperial Yeomanry | |||||
| 1901.04.17 | Oxfordshire
Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) reorganised in four sqns and MG sec |
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| 1908.04.01 | Oxfordshire
Yeomanry (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) transferred to T.F. with HQ at Oxford |
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| 1920.02.07 | reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Oxford | |||||
| 1922.04.18 |
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| amalgamated with Worcestershire Yeomanry and converted to artillery (see Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry for regimental changes 1922-1938) | ||||||
| 1924? | 400 Bty moved to Banbury | |||||
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| 1939 | 63rd Anti-Tank
Regiment RA formed with HQ at Oxford as duplicate of 53rd Anti-Tank Regt, leaving Worcestershire Yeomanry in the latter |
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| 1942.02.17 | 63rd Anti-Tank
Regiment RA (Worcestershire
and Oxfordshire Yeomanry) (subtitle approved, apparently not recognizing split of the two county yeomanries) |
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| 1947.01.01 | 387th (Oxfordshire
Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Oxford |
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| 1950.09.15 | ?
Battery, 387th/299th
(Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry and Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars)
Field Regiment, RA (regiment amalgamated with 299th (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regt RA) |
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| 1951.07.01 | ? Battery, 299th (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry and Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Field Regiment, RA | |||||
| 1956.10.31 | Q
(Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Battery,
299th
(Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Berkshire Yeomanry, and Queen's Own
Oxfordshire Hussars) Field Regiment, RA (regiment absorbed 345th (Berkshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment) |
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| 1961.05.01 | Q
(Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Battery, 299th
(Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars,
and Berkshire) Field Regiment, RA (regiment absorbed 431st LAA Regiment RA, and 143 Control and Reporting Section RA; Berkshire Yeomanry separated and amalgamated with Westminster Dragoons) |
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| 1967.04.01 | A
(Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Company, The
Oxfordshire Territorials formed in TAVR III at Oxford upon disbandment of 299 Field Regt RA |
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| 1969.01.01 | battalion reduced to cadre (some personnel to 39 Signal Regiment), and QOOH lineage discontinued | |||||
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| 1971.02 | 5 Signal Squadron formed at Banbury without QOOH affiliation | |||||
| 1975.04.01 | 5
(Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Squadron, 39th
(City of London) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals QOOH affiliation revived in Banbury squadron upon disbandment of The Oxfordshire Territorials cadre |
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| Associated Regular Regiments: | |||
| Hussars | 1908-1922 | ||
| History (Links) & War Service | Introduction to Volunteers | |
| History: | ||
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5(QOOH) Signal Squadron (Army site) | |
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The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, 
by Paul Baker (History of the Hussars)
[Internet
Archive] |
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The Yeomanry Today (Oxfordshire County Council Online Exhibition) | |
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The Story of the Oxfordshire Yeomanry (Oxfordshire County Council Online Exhibition) | |
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A brief history of 5 (QOOH) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) (Army site) | |
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Oxfordshire Yeomanry, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War) | |
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Oxfordshire Yeomanry, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) | |
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| Biography and Gallantry Awards: | ||
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The Churchill Connection (Oxfordshire County Council Online Exhibition) | |
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Viscount Valentia (Oxfordshire County Council Online Exhibition) | |
| Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors: | ||
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[no external sites have been found] | |
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Regimental Museum Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars, Oxford (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Regimental Museum Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars, Oxford (Simonides listing) | |
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The Oxfordshire Yeomanry (Oxfordshire County Council Online Exhibition) | |
| Battle Honours |
Index
of Battle Honours Index of Wars |
| Colours, Standards and Guidons | Introduction to Colours |
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| Uniforms and Badges |
| Badges: | Note: In 1997 The QOOH exchanged the Royal Signals cap badge for the QOOH cap badge. | |||||||
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| Honorary Colonels | Index of Royal Colonels |
| Colonel-in-Chief: | ||
| 1904.09.24 | F.M. HM King Edward VII | |
| <1920> | HM Queen Mary [QQOH, to 1922] | |
| 1939.12.22 | HM Queen Mary [63 Atk Regt RA, and 387 Field Regt RA, to 1950] | |
| Commandant: | ||
| 1818 | Francis Almeric (Spencer), 1st Baron Churchill | |
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| 1845.03.20 | Col. George Spencer (Churchill), 6th Duke of Marlborough, LL | |
| Honorary Colonel: | ||
| 1878.07.10 | Col. Henry Barnett | |
| 1896.07.27 | F.M. HM King Edward VII | |
| 1904.09.24 | Hon. Col. Arthur (Annesley), 11th Viscount Valentia, CB, MVO, TD | |
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| Honorary Colonel, 63rd/387th Regiment RA [1939-1950]: | ||
| 1939.10.21 | Col. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, LLD, MP [continued 1950 in Bucks & Oxfordshire Yeo; also Col. 4th Hussars, QRIH; Hon. Col. 489 (Cinque Ports) HAA Regt RA, 6th Bn R Scots Fus, 5th Bn R Sussex Regt, 4th/5th Bn R Sussex Regt, 4th Bn Essex Regt, 6th (Cinque Ports) Cadet Bn The Buffs; Hon. Air Cdre, 615 (Co of Surrey) Fighter Sqn RAuxAF; Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55] | |
| Honorary Colonel, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Squadron [1975-present]: | ||
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