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Page created 1 November 2000. Corrected and updated 19.06.2006
 
 
The Northumberland Hussars
 
United Kingdom 
  Titles & Lineage
  History & War Service
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards and Guidons

  Badges and Uniforms
  Colonels
 Traditions
 Bibliography

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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  Titles and Lineage English County Index
Alphabetic Index of Titles
1797 Newcastle Troop
1802 disbanded
1819.12.07 Northumberland and Newcastle Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
ref0rmed with HQ at Newcastle-on-Tyne
18uu Northumberland Hussars
1893.04.01 troops reorganised in squadrons
1900 sponsored 14th, 15th, 55th, 100th and 105th Coys, 5th Bn, Imperial Yeomanry
1901.04.17 Northumberland Imperial Yeomanry (Hussars)
reorganised in four sqns and MG sec
1908.04.01 The Northumberland Hussars (Yeomanry)
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Newcastle-on-Tyne
 
  • A Squadron at Newcastle-on-Tyne
  • B Squadron at South Shields (dets at Sunderland, Darlington, Spennymoor, West Hartlepool)
  • C Squadron at Morpeth (dets at Alnwick, Ashington, Rothbry, North Shields, Eglingham
  • D Squadron at Hexham (dets at Stanley, Prudhoe, Alendale, Wark-on-Tyne)
1920.02.07 The Northumberland Hussars
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Northumberland Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne
1940.02.15 102nd Light Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (The Northumberland Hussars)
 
  • A Battery, converted 14 Feb. 1941 as 274 Bty in 25 LAA Regt
  • B Battery
  • C Battery
  • D Battery
1941.03.14 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (The Northumberland Hussars)
 
  • 287 Battery, redesignation of B Bty
  • 288 Battery, redesignation of C Bty
  • 289 Battery, redesignation of D Bty
1941.09.12 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
 
  • 287 (Northumberland Hussars) Battery
  • 288 (Northumberland Hussars) Battery
  • 289 (Northumberland Hussars) Battery
1947.04.01 The Northumberland Hussars
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Newcastle-on-Tyne and transferred to Royal Armoured Corps
 
  • B Squadron at South Shields
  • C Squadron at Morpeth
  • D Squadron at Hexham
1967.04.01 The Northumberland Hussars (Territorials)
reorganised as infantry in TAVR III with HQ at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, including elements of 4th/5th Bn The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 6th Bn The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, and 324 (Northumbrian Artillery) HAD Regt RA , less some personnel to 7th (T) Bn, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
 
  • A Squadron at Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • B Squadron at South Shields
  • C Squadron at Blyth
1969.01.01 The Northumberland Hussars
reduced to cadre at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, sponsored by 101 Medium Regiment RA
1971.04.01 HQ Squadron, The Queen's Own Yeomanry
reconstituted from cadre at Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1972 NH (Northumberland Hussars) Squadron, The Queen's Own Yeomanry
1986

HQ (Northumberland Hussars) Squadron at Newcastle

 } The Queen's Own Yeomanry
D (Northumberland Hussars) Squadron at Cramlington, formed from cadre of NH Sqn
1999.07.01 D (Northumberland Hussars) Squadron, The Queen's Own Yeomanry
redesignation of HQ Sqn at Newcastle; D Sqn at Cramlington disbanded (personnel possibly to Squadron HQ and two Troops of 100 Squadron 168 Pioneer Regiment)
2006? D Sqn formed det at Sunderland
 
     
  Associated Regular Regiments:
    Hussars 1908-1940
    15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars 1947-1992
The Light Dragoons 1992-present
 
 
  History (Links) & War Service Introduction to Volunteers
History:
crown The Northumberland Hussars (Army site)
pip History of the Northumberland Hussars (Army site)
pip Northumberland Hussars, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great War)
pip Northumberland Hussars, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
pip 102 LAA/Atk Rgt RA (Northumberland Hussars), by Derek Barton (The Royal Artillery 1939-45)
pip 102 (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment RA(TA), by Derek Barton (The Royal Artillery 1939-45)
   
Deployment and War Service of Units:
  1/1st Northumberland Yeomanry [1914-1919]
  2/1st Northumberland Yeomanry [1914-1919]
  3/1st Northumberland Yeomanry [1915-1917]
  102nd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (The Northumberland Hussars) [1939-1946]
 
Biography and Gallantry Awards:
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Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:
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Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:
A Soldier's Life, Discovery Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
A Soldier's Life, Discovery Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne (Simonides listing)
  Battle Honours Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars

South Africa 1900-02

The Great War:  Ypres 1914, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Cambrai 1917, Somme 1918, St. Quentin, Albert 1918, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18

The Second World War:  Honorary Distinction:  badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery with year-dates "1940-45" and five scrolls:  "North Africa", "Greece", "Middle East", "Sicily", "North-West Europe"

  Colours, Standards and Guidons Introduction to Colours
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Record of Colours:
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  Uniforms and Badges
   
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1953-present: blue; facings: white
   
   
     
   
   
  Honorary Colonels Index of Royal Colonels
  Commandant:
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1826.04.30 Lt-Col. Matthew Bell, MP
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1877.04.07 Lt-Col. Henry George (Liddell), 2nd Earl of Ravensworth
Honorary Colonel, Northumberland Hussars [1885-1971]:
1885.11.07 Lt-Col. Henry George (Liddell), 2nd Earl of Ravensworth
1903.07 vacant
1913.05.24 Hon. Brig-Gen. Sir Charles L. Bates, KCMG, CB, DSO, TD
1926.02.10 Col. Philip Blencowe Cookson, CMG, OBE
1928.06.23 Col. H. Sydney, DSO, TD
1949.09.28 Col. The Rt. Hon. Douglas (Clifton-Brown), 1st Viscount Ruffside of Hexham, PC, MP
1955.08.12 Col. Wentworth Henry Canning (Beaumont), 2nd Viscount Allendale, KG, CB, CBE, MC, DL [also 6th Bn R Northumberland Fus; HM Lt Northumberland]
  1956.12 vacant
1957.03.21 Lt-Col. (Hon. Col.) Thomas Eustace-Smith, CBE, TD, JP, DL
1962.03.21 Maj. Matthew White (Ridley), 3rd Viscount Ridley, CBE, TD, DCL, JP
1964.04.01 Maj. (Hon. Lt-Col.) John Charles Blencowe Cookson, DSO, TD
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  1969.04.01 Lt-Col. Robert Arthur Barnett, MC, TD
  Deputy Honorary Colonel, Wessex Yeomanry [1971-1972]:
1971.04.01 Lt-Col. Robert Arthur Barnett, MC, TD [reappointed]
  Honorary Colonel, Northumberland Hussars [1972-present]:
1972.04.01 Lt-Col. Robert Arthur Barnett, MC, TD [reappointed]
  1974.01.01 Lt-Col. Neil Banning Reed Speeke, MC
1979.01.01 Lt-Col. (Bt. Col.) Matthew White (Ridley), 4th Viscount Ridley, KG, TD, DL [also Col. Cmdt. Yeo; Hon. Col. QO Yeo]
1986.03.01 Col. Sir Ralph Carr-Ellison, TD [also Col. Cmdt. Yeomanry; Hon. Col. QO Yeo]
1997.10.14 Lt-Col. A.G. Gibson, TD
  Traditions
 
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  Bibliography How To Find Books
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