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Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars rather than just read about it. In short: The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (QOOH) was a Yeomanry Cavalry regiment of the British Army's auxiliary forces, formed in 1798. It saw service in the Second Boer War with 40 and 59 Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry and was the first Yeomanry regiment to serve in Belgium and France during the Great War.

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The Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (QOOH) was a Yeomanry Cavalry regiment of the British Army's auxiliary forces, formed in 1798. It saw service in the Second Boer War with 40 and 59 Companies of the Imperial Yeomanry and was the first Yeomanry regiment to serve in Belgium and France during the Great War. After almost four years of Trench warfare on the Western Front, where cavalry had been superfluous, the QOOH led the advance during the Allies' victorious Hundred Days Offensive in 1918. In 1922, the QOOHt became part of the Royal Artillery and during World War II it served as anti-tank gunners at Singapore and in North West Europe. After a series of postwar mergers and changes of role, the regiment's lineage is maintained by 142 (Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Vehicle Squadron, 165 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC.

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars After Britain was drawn into the French Revolutionary Wars, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger proposed on 14 March 1794 that the counties should form a force of Volunteer Yeoman Cavalry (Yeomanry) that could be called on by the King to defend the country against invasion or by the Lord Lieutenant to subdue any civil disorder within the county. In response to this call, a meeting of 'Nobility, Gentry, Freeholders and Yeomanry' was called at the Star Inn in Cornmarket, Oxford, in 1794. This led to the formation in May 1798 of a troop of yeomen known as the County Fencible Cavalry at Watlington, under the command of the Earl of Macclesfield. Three more troops were soon raised in the county, giving the following by the end of the year:

Watlington Cavalry Bloxham & Banbury Cavalry Bullingdon, Dorchester & Thame Cavalry Wootton Cavalry After the brief Peace of Amiens broke down in 1803, the Bloxham & Banbury troop was raised to squadron strength under Major-Commandant George Frederick Stratton, and further troops were raised:

Oxford Cavalry (two troops, one commanded by Lord Francis Spencer, younger brother of the 5th Duke of Marlborough) Ploughley Cavalry

19th century The Yeomanry declined in importance and strength after the end of the French wars, Some of the original independent yeomanry troops were consolidated in 1818 to form the North Western Oxfordshire Regiment of Yeomanry, redesignated the 1st Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1823. Lord Francis Spencer, now 1st Baron Churchill, became lieutenant-colonel of the regiment. The yeomanry continued to decline, the War Office ceased to pay them when called out, and on 1 April 1828 the regiment was officially disbanded; however, several troops continued to serve without pay. However, a wave of civil unrest across Britain from 1830 led to a revival of the Yeomanry, and in December the Oxfordshire regiment was reinstated. It was called out in 1830 to suppress riots at Otmoor and other places, and again in 1831 (Otmoor and Banbury), 1832 (Otmoor) and 1835. After a visit of Queen Adelaide, the regiment became the 1st or Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry on 7 November 1835, otherwise referred to as the Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry (Queen's Own, Oxford). Lord Churchill died on 10 March 1845 and George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough was gazetted to take over as Lt-Col Commandant on 20 March 1845; the 2nd Lord Churchill was appointed second Lt-Col on 5 April 1847. The Duke's younger son, Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill, who had served in the 4th Light Dragoons and 83rd Foot, was appointed adjutant on 21 October 1848, and several other members of the Spencer-Churchill family and their relatives served as officers in the regiment, which by now consisted of six troops. Several of the officers gave Blenheim Palace as their address, and the regiment was officially headquartered at nearby Woodstock. After the 6th Duke died in 1857, Lord Churchill succeeded as Lt-Col Commandant and Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill became second Lt-Col on 25 April 1860. Lieutenant-Col Henry Barnett took over the command on 8 May 1866, and later became the regiment's first Honorary Colonel. The regiment adopted the title of Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (QOOH) in 1888. Following the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the Army List from December 1875. This assigned Yeomanry units places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The Oxfordshire Yeomanry were assigned as 'divisional troops' to 2nd Division of II Corps based at Guildford, alongside Regular Army units of infantry, artillery and engineers stationed round Aldershot. This was never more than a paper organisation, but from April 1893 the Army List showed the Yeomanry regiments grouped into brigades for collective training. They were commanded by the senior regimental commanding officer but they did have a Regular Army Brigade major. The Oxfordshire Yeomanry together with the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry formed the 2nd Yeomanry Brigade. The Yeomanry brigades disappeared from the Army List after the Second Boer War.

Imperial Yeomanry

Following a string of unexpected defeats during Black Week in early December 1899, attributed to the skill and determination of the Boer farmers – fast moving, highly skilled horsemen operating in open country – the British government realised that it would need more troops than just the regular army to fight the Second Boer War. On 13 December, the decision to allow volunteer forces to serve in South Africa was made, and a Royal Warrant was issued on 24 December. Under this warrant the Imperial Yeomanry (IY) was raised to match the Boers' skill as fast moving, mounted infantry. Among the officers chosen to organise this force was Viscount Valentia, Commanding officer(CO) of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, who became Assistant Adjutant General. Charles Richard Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, who had joined the regiment as a junior officer was also appointed to the Headquarters Staff in the temporary rank of captain. The force was organised as county service companies of approximately 115 men signed up for one year, and volunteers from the current and former members of the Yeomanry and civilians (usually middle and upper class) quickly filled the new force, which was equipped to operate as Mounted infantry. Over 20,000 men came forward in two years, among them about 240 from Oxfordshire.

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In the classroom: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Military units and formations disestablished in 1922, Military units and formations established in 1888, Military units and formations in Oxford, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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