The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (QOOH) was a Yeomanry Cavalry regiment of the British Army's auxiliary forces, formed in 1798. It saw service in the...
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Liberty Medal (Denmark, 1947) Cornet, 4th Queen's Own Hussars (20 February 1895) Lieutenant, 4th Queen's Own Hussars (20 May 1896) (resigned commission 3 May...
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The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army. First raised in 1794, it participated in the Second Boer War and World...
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Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (redirect from 299 (Royal Bucks Yeomanry and Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery)
Brigade major. The Buckinghamshire Yeomanry together with the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars formed the 2nd Yeomanry Brigade, headquartered at Buckingham...
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Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
as a Druid. Marlborough was appointed a lieutenant in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars in 1897. After the outbreak of the Second Boer War, he was...
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the Queen's Own Hussars to form the Queen's Royal Hussars on 1 September 1993. The regiment was formed from the amalgamation of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars...
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John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
Oriel College, Oxford. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Yeomanry in 1842 and was promoted to captain on 22 April 1847....
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Winston Churchill (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
1895, Churchill was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 4th Queen's Own Hussars regiment of the British Army, based at Aldershot. Eager to witness...
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Valentine Fleming (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
the First World War Valentine was a captain in 'C' Squadron, Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, a yeomanry regiment, having received his commission on 30...
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Jack Churchill (1880–1947) (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
Evelyn Boscawen. Spencer-Churchill was commissioned into the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars in 1898. He served in the South African Light Horse alongside...
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Greys) 3rd (King's Own) Hussars 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars 8th (King's Royal...
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George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, a post he held until his death. On 20 March 1845 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Yeomanry...
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Yeomanry Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Lothians and Border Horse Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry Lancashire Hussars Surrey...
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Arthur Dugdale (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
1941) was a British Army officer. He was Commander of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars during the First World War. Dugdale was born in Burnley, Lancashire...
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Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
was commissioned as a Major in the part-time Oxfordshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars), which his father and grandfather had commanded...
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First World War, Valentine Fleming joined "C" Squadron of Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, and rose to the rank of major. He was killed by German shelling...
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Buckinghamshire Hussars, the Berkshire Yeomanry and the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. On 19 September 1914, the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars was posted...
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John Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 17th Baron Saye and Sele (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
appointed a deputy lieutenant for Oxfordshire. Fiennes also served in the army with the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, enlisting in 1852 as a cornet....
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F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
Smith had joined the Territorial Army by commission into the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, in which Churchill was already an officer, in 1913, and was...
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William Harcourt, 2nd Viscount Harcourt (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
House. During the Second World War, Harcourt served with the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, the 63rd (Oxford Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery...
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Philip Fleming (banker) (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
World War I, he and his brother Valentine Fleming joined the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, in which his brother was killed. Fleming made one appearance...
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Regiment RLC 710 (Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars) Operational Hygiene Squadron 142 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Vehicle Squadron In 1907 the First Aid...
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Albert Brassey (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
Lieutenant in the 14th Hussars and a Colonel in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars and served as High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1878. In 1895 he entered...
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Francis Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
family. Spencer was born on 6 October 1802 at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire. He was the eldest son of Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill, and Lady...
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Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (humorous back-acronym) Queers On Horseback – Queen's Own Hussars (humorous back-acronym) Quick Let's Run – Queen's Lancashire...
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Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
of Bedford. From 1801 to 1815, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxfordshire and on his retirement from the Commons, was raised to the peerage as...
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Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and served as a cornet in the Oxfordshire Yeomanry. On 31 October 1865, he married Victoria Francesca Boyer (d...
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Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (category Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars officers)
and as Lord-in-waiting to King George VI (1938–1940 and 1951–1952) and Queen Elizabeth II (1952–1955). As a writer, Lord Birkenhead primarily authored...
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9.Reg Queen's Life Regiment 8.REG Marine Regiment Army Combat and Fire Support Center Crown Artillery Regiment King's Artillery Regiment Queen's Artillery...
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constituent squadrons rejoined their parent regiments. The 1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, a Yeomanry regiment, joined in its place. In 1915, the division...
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