15th / 19th The King ' s Royal Hussars The 15th / 19th The King ' s Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army . It was created as part of the reduction in cavalry in the aftermath of the First World War . It was formed by the amalgamation of the 15th The King ' s Hussars and the 19th Royal Hussars ( Queen Alexandra ' s Own ) on 11 April 1922 , becoming the 15th / 19th Hussars . It briefly dropped the 19th numeral from its title in 1932 , becoming the 15th The King ' s Royal Hussars , before regaining it the following year . Second World War . At the outbreak of the Second World War the regiment was part of the 3rd Infantry Division , based in York , serving as the divisional reconnaissance regiment ( 3 September 1939 - 30 March 1940 ) . The regiment was deployed with the division as part of the British Expeditionary Force , and fought in the Battle of France . During this time , the regiment was transferred to the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade ( 30 March 1940 - 22 June 1940 ) . The regiment was decimated during the German advance , and was evacuated from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo . In the evacuation all of the regiments remaining armour and vehicles were left behind . Following the withdrawal the regiment was assigned to the 3rd Motor Machine Gun Brigade . The brigade was redesignated , on 1 December , as the 28th Armoured Brigade , which was assigned to the 9th Armoured Division ( 1 December 1940 to 20 June 1944 ) . During this period a cadre was detached to form the 23rd Hussars . The 15th / 19th Hussars remained in the United Kingdom until after the Normandy landings , on 6 June 1944 , when it was dispatched to France to serve as the divisional reconnaissance regiment of the 11th Armoured Division ( 17 August 1944 - 31 August 1945 ) . The regiment ended the war in Germany . Post war . The Regiment served in Palestine between 1945 and 1948 . The regiment was also involved in the Malayan Emergency from 1954 to 1956 ; the Regimental Headquarters and one squadron was based at Ipoh , while the remaining squadrons were based at Taiping and Raub . After Malaya , the Regiment was posted to Oman , Muscat , and Aden during the rebellion of the Imam of Oman in 1957 . Cold War . Throughout the Cold War , the regiment saw service across the world . As with most armoured regiments , it spent much of its time in West Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine ( BAOR ) . In 1974 the regiment returned to the United Kingdom , based in Omagh County Tyrone for 18 months . On return to England as an Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment , it was equipped with the FV101 Scorpion , the Scimitar and the Fox . At this time B Squadron deployed as Armoured Car squadron to UNFICYP . The regiment was then deployed , in 1977 , back to Germany assigned to the 3rd Armoured Division . The regiment was stationed in the German city of Paderborn and became the fourth , of four divisional Armoured Reconnaissance regiments in BAOR . During this time the Regiment would deploy squadrons to Northern Ireland as part of Operation Banner . All Sabre squadrons were so deployed . ' A ' and C Squadrons also deployed as a prison guard force based at HMP Magilligan , HMP Maze and HMP Crumlin . The Close Reconnaissance Troops also deployed to CFB Suffield in Canada on Exercise Medicine Man in the early 1980s . In late 1984 the main body of the Regiment returned to England as the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment . in Bovington Camp in Dorset . However ' A ' Squadron was deployed to Cyprus to serve as the resident Armoured Car Squadron , one of the last units in the British Army to use the Ferret Scout Car , and the Saladin and Saracen armoured cars . In the late 1980s , the Regiment re - roled back to a Main Battle Tank ( MBT ) unit , equipped with FV4201 Chieftain tank s . Initially the regiment was equipped with the Chieftain Mk5 before being equipped with the more advanced and up - armoured MK10 and Mk11 . The regiment was one of the last to actively operate the Chieftain MBT at battle readiness , until the regiment was disbanded during 1992 . As part of the post - Cold War defence reforms , the 15th / 19th amalgamated with the 13th / 18th Royal Hussars ( Queen Mary ' s Own ) on 1 December 1992 to form the Light Dragoons . The new regiment designated an Armoured Reconnaissance regiment , and was equipped with FV107 Scimitar Combat Vehicles , Reconnaissance ( Tracked ) ( CVR ( T ) s ) to be operated in the Formation Reconnaissance role . Victoria Cross . The following members of the combined Regiments were awarded the Victoria Cross , Great Britain ' s highest award for valour in the face of the enemy ; Nicknames . The regiment - The Tabs