January 1, 1970

Churchill, in the uniform of a Colonel of his old regiment, the 4^th Queen’s Own Hussars, with Sarah, during his visit to the regiment on 5 December 1943. The 4th Queen’s Own Hussars amalgamated with the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars in 1958 to form the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars. After further cuts in 1993 the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars amalgamated with the Queen’s Own Hussars (formerly the 3rd King’s Own Hussars and 7th Queen’s Hussars) to form the Queen’s Royal Hussars.

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