Drill Sgt's Cane - 14th/20th Hussars
14th/20th Hussars
Dated 1945 – Original 14/20th Hussars Military Medal Winner’s Battledress Blouse
Trooper Armstrong was from Carlise and served as a driver with the 14/20th King's Hussars, winning the Military Medal at the battle of Medicia on the 16th of April 1945.
20th Hussars – 1908
This detail from a photo of the quarter guard of the 20th Hussars c1910 shows a guard in dismounted review order, wearing a busby and carrying the new issue cavalry sword introduced in 1908.
Lt. Colonel Peter B. Cavendish
He joined the Army in 1943 straight from school at Winchester, did a university short course at New College, Oxford, and was commissioned on 1 July 1945, initially in the ‘Royals’. He transferred to the 3rd Hussars the following year when the latter took over the role of airborne divisional reconnaissance.
Winners of the Major Unit Championship (Army)—Bisley 1972
Winners of the Major Unit Championship (Army)—Bisley 1972
C Squadron – 14th/20th King’s Hussars
C Squadron - 1965, Benghazi.
THE 14th (KING’S) HUSSARS 1914-1918
Lt. Colonel Hewitt was again in command of the Regiment. There was a well-planned series of preparatory battles. The Regiment suffered perhaps its severest blow in the death of Capt. T. R. Bruce.
B Squadron, 14th/20th King’s Hussars in 1965.
B Squadron, 14th/20th King's Hussars in 1965.
Colonels of the Regiment
Colonels of the Regiment
Newsletter #33
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History of the 14th/20th King's Hussars 
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