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The Queen Mother presents the new guidon to a Warrant Officer, helped by an officer. The occasion was the Tercentenary of the QOH, three hundred years since the raising of the 3rd Hussars in 1685. The reasons for replacing the 1959 guidon are unclear. The life of this new guidon was short, only 8 years, as the QOH was to amalgamate with the QIRH in 1993. There was a restriction on the number of battle honours emblazoned, 40 out of 67. Even if new battle honours had been won since 1959 there would have been no room for them on the guidon.
The uniforms are of interest here; the senior NCO standing behind the guidon-bearer is a Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant with 3 gold chevrons, an NCOs badge of the QO cypher on blue felt, and an embroidered crown above. His white pouchbelt has a black leather pouch edged in gold braid. The guidon party are in no.1 dress while the rest of the regiment are in khaki no.2 dress. |
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