The 23rd Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army raised during World War II and in existence from 1940 to 1946. It had no lineal connection...

King's Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of the 15th The King's Hussars and the 19th...

Second World War but then amalgamated with the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) to form the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) in October 1969. The regiment...

service in World War II. Addison served with the British XXX Corps in the 23rd Hussars. He was a tank officer in the Battle of Normandy and wounded at Caen...

fighting, it had lost 126 tanks. The subsequent reorganization saw the 23rd Hussars absorb the remainder of the 24th Lancers. The 11th Armoured was directed...

and Royal Hussars regiments in 1914 is given below by short title (i.e. "1st Hussars" as opposed to "1st Regiment of Hussars"). 1st Hussars (Emperor)...

coating of Zimmerit. It was claimed by Sergeant Roberts of A Squadron, 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division in a Sherman tank near Beauvais, although it...

Forfar Yeomanry, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, and the 23rd Hussars. The 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, a Cromwell unit, had re-equipped with the Comet...

War. It amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to form the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958. The regiment was first raised by the Hon....

Light Infantry, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders supported by the 23rd Hussars, were able to advance to Colleville with relative ease. There the small...

officer and 20 enlisted (seven KIA). The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 23rd Hussars also suffered severe casualties including the loss of sixteen Sherman...

Sir Alan Jack Glyn ERD (26 September 1918 – 5 May 1998) was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament. He was educated at Westminster School and Gonville...

Major-General G. P. B. Roberts 29th Armored Brigade, Brigadier C. B. C. Harvey 23rd Hussars 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel...

Montgomery Lt-Gen. Brian G. Horrocks 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment 11th Hussars 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery 5th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery...

commissioned in 1943 and spent the next four years as a tank commander with the 23rd Hussars. He married a Ms. Lambert in 1945, by whom he had two sons. Wex graduated...

Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 29th Armoured Brigade 23rd Hussars 3rd Royal Tank Regiment 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 8th Battalion, Rifle...

Hubert-Folie, while he kept the 3rd Battery in Grentheville. Following the 23rd Hussars, the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry were hit while crossing the cornfields...

December 1940 until 6 February 1944 transferred to 8th Armoured Brigade 23rd Hussars - from 8 January 1941. Sherman tank and Sherman Firefly. Re-equipped...

the River Orne crossings but such was the German reaction, that the 23rd Hussars were only able to capture and hold the hill with difficulty. Hill 112...

of 13th/18th Hussars with 43rd (W) Division as they attacked towards the dominating heights of Mont Pinçon. Late on 6 August the Hussars managed to get...

opening months of the Second World War. He later transferred to the 23rd Hussars which then formed part of the 11th Armoured Division. He was awarded...

King's Own Hussars 4th Queen's Own Hussars 7th Queen's Own Hussars 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of...

and red epaulettes for elite companies. The uniform of the Napoleonic hussars included the pelisse: a short fur edged jacket which was often worn slung...

The 23rd Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army which existed several times. It was created in 1781 as the 23rd Regiment of (Light)...

the lead squadrons reached the Caen–Vimont railway. In reserve, the 23rd Hussars had managed to clear the first railway line only to become embroiled...

Sutton won an MC on 2 November when he was supporting 23rd Hussars with two flails. A Hussars tanks was blown up on a mine, but the heavy fire prevented...

Cambridge. During the Second World War, he was commissioned into the 23rd Hussars, commanding a tank. He landed at Sword, four days after D-Day. Da Cunha...

15th The King's Hussars 16th The Queen's Lancers 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) 18th Hussars 19th Hussars 20th Hussars 21st Hussars (Lancers from...

endure a heavy mauling where many were cut down by heavy tank fire of 23rd Hussars. Due to their fanatical resistance, which left the village smouldering...

a cavalry unit, the 23rd Hussars, three days later, on 30 December. Just over a week later, on 8 January 1941, the 23rd Hussars were replaced by the...