13th / 18th Royal Hussars The 13th / 18th Royal Hussars ( Queen Mary ' s Own ) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army . Formation . On 9 September 1922 , the 13th / 18th Hussars was formed by the amalgamation of the 13th Hussars and the 18th Royal Hussars ( Queen Mary ' s Own ) . It became known as the 13th / 18th Royal Hussars ( Queen Mary ' s Own ) in December 1935 . The regiment transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps in April 1939 . World War two . During the Second World War , it served as the reconnaissance regiment of the 1st Infantry Division in the Battle of France , and with the 27th Armoured Brigade . It was subsequently transferred to the 8th Armoured Brigade during the Battle of Normandy , where it was equipped with Sherman DD tank s . Cold War . The unit was the garrisoned regiment at Long Kesh at the introduction of Internment in 1971 by the then British Government , which saw the holding of Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) suspects without trial . The remnants of the " Kesh " were still extant at the site of HMP Maze until its demise . After this tour , the regiment was stationed at Wimbish near Saffron Walden in Essex . It was equipped with the ' Fox ' armoured car until 1982 , when it was stationed in the northwest German town of Herford , becoming part of 1st British Corps . Here it was equipped with the CVR ( T ) Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance ( Tracked ) ' Scimitar ' , ' Spartan ' and ' Sultan ' and in 1983 it was re - equipped with the Long Range Anti - Tank Guided Weapon ( LRATGW ) system , ' Swingfire ' which was vehicle mounted on the CVR ( T ) ' Striker ' . During this period , in 1985 , the regiment detached a composite squadron ( ' B ' Squadron ) back to HMP Maze as part of the roulement tours of the time . In December 1986 , the regiment returned to the United Kingdom , to the Hampshire garrison of Tidworth , where it formed part of the AMF ( L ) force . From here the regiment also sent three squadrons on UN peace - keeping tours to Cyprus in 1987 , 1989 and 1990 . The regiment ' s final posting was as the Corps Reconnaissance Regiment , again as part of 1 ( BR ) Corps in the German town of Wolfenbüttel , close to what used to be the inner - German border with East Germany . Present . With the collapse of the Soviet Union , the threat from Eastern Europe diminished in the eyes of the politicians and in the early 1990s , the then British government introduced a measure designed to streamline the armed forces , called " Options for Change " . This programme saw many soldiers leave the forces on a mass " redundancy " package , this in turn led to the coming - together of several units within the British army . The regiment amalgamated with the 15th / 19th The King ' s Royal Hussars to form The Light Dragoons on 1 December 1992 . Their mottoes remain " Viret et aertenum " - ' May Their Name Flourish Forever ' and " Pro rege , Pro lege , Pro patria conamur " - ' For King , For Justice , for Country we fight ' . Battle honours . Combined battle honour s of the 13th and 18th Hussars : The Second World War : Dyle , Withdrawal to Escaut , Ypres - Comines Canal , Normandy Landing , Bréville , Caen , Bourguébus Ridge , Mont Pinçon , St . Pierre La Vielle , Geilenkirchen , Roer , Rhineland , Waal Flats , Goch , Rhine , Bremen , North - West Europe 1940 ' 44 - 45 .