Squadron Affiliations
The Kings Royal Hussars.
The King's Royal Hussars were formed by the amalgamation of the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) and the 14/20th King's Hussars on the 4th December 1992. The regiment recruits primarily from the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, The Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands, Lancashire, Cumbria and Greater Manchester.
The Royal Hussars (PWO) was formed on the 25th October 1969 by the amalgamation of the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales’s Own) and the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own).
The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment.
The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment is currently based in NW Germany just north of Hannover in the sleepy village of Fallingbostel that was once home for an SS barracks. It is the second regiment in the British Army to be equipped with Challenger 2.
The regiment is currently part of the famous 'Desert Rats' - 7 Armoured Brigade. 2 RTR is also now the lead Battle Group of the Allied Joint Rapid Deployment Force (JRDF), with a mandate to be the first armoured formation ready to deploy to any trouble spot in the world on six days notice.
The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment recruits from Somerset, Cornwall, Devon and SE England. They have had soldiers in N. Ireland, Canada and all British Army operational zones.
Rugby and skiing are the strongest sports in the regiment - it has held the RAC trophy in both these events.
Several Olympians have emerged from the regiment - Cpl Tout (Bobsleigh), LCpl Mark Gee and Sgt Glen Scott (Biathlon) to name but a few.
The Royal Dragoon Guards.
The Royal Dragoon Guards was formed on 1 August 1992, as a result of the amalgamation of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Enniskillen Dragoon Guards. Both of these were in turn the result of earlier amalgamations in the 1920's. The Royal Dragoon Guards now carries with it the traditions and history of four of the finest Regiments of the British Cavalry, the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the 5th Dragoon Guards, the 7th Dragoon Guards and the 6th Enniskillen Dragoons. All four were raised between 1685 and 1689, during the protracted contest between James II and William of Orange for the English throne.
After the war, the 4th/7th were dispatched to Palestine to help in the peace-keeping operations. The Skins completed tours in Korea and the Suez Canal. Since the mid 1950s, both Regiments have served in the Middle East, Aden, England, Germany, Northern Ireland and Cyprus. The Royal Dragoon Guards, now equipped with Challenger II, are stationed in Munster, Germany, continuing a tradition of service that now runs over three hundred years.
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