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Regimental military prints of the 4th
Queen's Own Hussars, 8th (Kings Royal Irish) Hussars now part of the Queens
Royal Irish Hussars shown in regimental art prints published by Cranston
Fine Arts.
[ 8th Royal Irish Hussars ]
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4th Queen's Own Hussars and The 8th (Kings Royal Irish ) Hussars, and
the amalgamated regiment The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars.
The 4th Queen's Own Hussars Raised in 1685 as the Princess of Denmark's Dragoons, changing their name in
1861 to the 4th Queens Own Hussars.
Regimental battle Honours
 | 1740 - 1748 at Dettingen during the War of the Austrian Succession |
| 1808 - 1814 during the Peninsula war, honours for Talavera, Albuera,
Salamanca, Vitoria, and Toulouse. |
| 1839 - 1842 Ghuznee during the 1st Afghan War |
| 1854 - 1855 at Battle of Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and
Sebastopol during the Crimean War |
| 1914 - 1918, Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Ypres, St. Julien, Arras,
Cambrai, Somme, Amiens during the First World War |
| 1939 - 1945 Ruweisat, Alam el Halfa, El Alamein Coriano
Pocket. Rimini line, Argenta Gap, Proasteion, Corinth Canal, Greece |
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| 4 Regiment in the attack, Operation DESERT
STORM, Iraq, 26th February 1991. by David Rowlands The
painting shows the three Lynx and three Gazelles from 4 Regiment ordered
to assist the Queens Royal Irish Hussars attack objective PLATINUM.
Observing the left flank are two Gazelles, XX 395 commanded by Sgt
Thompson and flown by Cpl Tween, and XZ 372 commanded by SSgt Daly, flown
by Lt Tilley; with Lynx XZ 215, commanded by Capt Avery US Army and his
pilot Sgt Isherwood, in support. In the foreground are Lynx XZ 199
commanded by Capt Morley and flown by SSgt Seymour, engaging Iraqi armour,
and Lynx XZ 221, commanded by Sgt Maddison and flown by Cpl Long, engaging
enemy MTLBs. The aircraft destroyed four enemy tanks and six enemy
personnel carriers without loss. The attack was commanded by Major
Eustace, from Gazelle XZ 338 flown by Sgt Church, and was the first ever
use by the British Army of Lynx TOW missiled in combat.
Challenger by Simon Smith Tanks of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in action during the Gulf
War, February 1991.
The Passage of the Bidassoa by Wellington's Army, 7th
October 1813 by J P Beadle
King George II Knighting Trooper Brown After the Battle
of Dettingen by J P Beadle
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