MILITARY GENERAL
The 14th/20th King’s Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army.
The 14th King’s Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1715. It saw service for two centuries, including the First World War, before being amalgamated with the 20th Hussars to form the 14th/20th King’s Hussars in 1922.
The 20th Hussars:This cavalry regiment was raised as an East India Company unit in 1858. It soon transferred to British Army service and existed until 1922, when it was merged into the 14th/20th Hussars.
It was created by the amalgamation of the 14th King’s Hussars and the 20th Hussars in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated with the Royal Hussars to become the King’s Royal Hussars in 1992.
The regiment, which was initially styled the 14th/20th Hussars, was created by the amalgamation of the 14th King’s Hussars and the 20th Hussars in 1922. It was re-titled the 14th/20th King’s Hussars in December 1936.[1] The regiment, which was based in India at the start of the Second World War, dispatched a cadre of personnel to form the 26th Hussars in February 1941.[1] The remainder of the regiment was deployed to Iraq and Persia later that year to guard the oil fields. It landed in Italy in 1944 and then took part in the capture of Medicina in April 1945.
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