26th Hussars
Cap Badge of the 26th Hussars ca 1941
Active1941–1943
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeCavalry
RoleArmoured Regiment
Size1 Regiment
26th Hussars RHQ

The 26th Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1941 to 1943.[1]

The regiment was raised at Meerut in June 1941 from a cadre of personnel taken from the 14th/20th King's Hussars.[1] It was assigned to the 2nd Indian Armoured Brigade and was later moved to the 255th Indian Armoured Brigade at Sialkot.[2]

Its badge was based on the Prussian eagle borne by the 14th/20th (but with the orb and sceptre reversed) with the addition of the regimental number on a scroll underneath.[3]

It was disbanded at Bolarum, near Secunderabad, in October 1943.[1] Some of the personnel were transferred to the 3rd Carabiniers, but the majority joined the Chindits force under Orde Wingate.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "26th Hussars". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008.
  2. 1 2 "A Brief History". Horsepower. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  3. Anon, Regimental Badges and Service Caps, London: George Philip & Sons, 1941.

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