The Regimental Medal

In 1909, Lt Col ED Browne-Synge-Hutchinson VC, Commanding 14th (King’s) Hussars, re-instituted The 14th King’s Hussars Regimental Medal, the old 14th Light Dragoons Regimental Medal having fallen into abeyance. In 1946, Lt Col HAR Tilney OBE instituted a separate award, a bar to the medal. At the time of the amalgamation 176 medals had been awarded, and 13 bars.

The medal is awarded to any officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier serving in the Regiment who has contributed to the military efficiency or military honour of the Regiment. It is laid down that length of service or attainment of a certain rank not, in itself, be counted as a sufficient qualification.

A bar to the medal is awarded to those who would again have earned a medal in a different sphere of Regimental life. Since 1960, attached personnel have also been eligible for the award. A committee consisting of the Commanding Officer, the Second-in-Command, the Squadron Leaders and the Adjutant decide upon the award of the Medal.

The 14th/20th King’s Hussars Regimental Medal has been carried forward unchanged to The King’s Royal Hussars, who remain one of only two regiments in the British Army today to award a Regimental Medal.

Below are the names of those that served in either the 14th (King’s) Hussars and the 14th/20th King’s Hussars to have been awarded the Regimental Medal.

NO	MEDAL	BAR	RANK	SURNAME	INITIALS	HONS	REGIMENT	DATE
1	YES		Lt Col	Browne-Synge-Hutchinson	E D	VC	14H	1909
2	YES		SSM	Dove	L		14H	1909
3	YES		Sgt	Gooddard	J		14H	1909
4	YES		LCpl	Asquith	H		14H	1909
5	YES		LCpl	Crossley	F		14H	1909
6	YES		Pvt	Bye	W G		14H	1909
7	YES		SSgt	Spring	J		14H	1910
8	YES		Lt Col	Tickell	E J	DSO	14H	1910
9	YES		SSM	Carnegie	R R C		14H	1910
10	YES			Deposited In the Officers Mess			14H	1910
11	YES		BM	Helmsley	H		14H	1910
12	YES		ORQS	Andrews	C W		14H	1912
13	YES		SSM	Battson	F		14H	1912
14	YES		Lt Col	Bridges	E J	MC	14H	1919
15	YES		Lt Col	Pridgeon	A F	DSO DCM	14H	1919
16	YES		Capt	Thwaite	P		14H	1919
17	YES		SSM	Mayhew	J		14H	1919
18	YES		FQMS	Cooper	A E		14H	1919
19	YES		SSM	Gardener	S J		14H	1919
20	YES		RQMS	Dutch	R C		14H	1921
21	YES		Lt	Sturt	A R		14/20H	1922
22	YES		Maj	Mocatta	V E	OBE	14/20H	1924
23	YES		Sgt	Hallard	A	DCM	14/20H	1924
24	YES		Lt Col	Browne	J G	CMG DSO	14/20H	1925
25	YES		SSM	Procter	J		14/20H	1926
26	YES		Lt Col	Hurndall	F B	MC	14/20H	1929
27	YES		SSM	Trueman	L E	MM	14/20H	1929
28	YES		RSM	Piper	S W C		14/20H	1930
29	YES		Maj	Pope	A V		14/20H	1930
30	YES		Capt	Frazer	D S		14/20H	1931
31	YES		Lt Col	Darley	C G	DSO	14/20H	1932
32	YES		Maj	de Wend-Fenton	J D L		14/20H	1933
33	YES		ORQMS	Wilson	D R		14/20H	1933
34	YES		Maj	Hamer	G M		14/20H	1933
35	YES		Capt	Woodhouse	R A G		14/20H	1933
36	YES		Tpr	Everson	A E		14/20H	1933
37	YES		Capt(QM)	Smith	W J	MM	14/20H	1934
38	YES		SSM (RI)	Brown	H		14/20H	1935
39	YES		SSM	Northam	W		14/20H	1936
40	YES		Lt Col	Miller	J A T	OBE	14/20H	1937
41	YES		Capt	Pemberton	J B		14/20H	1937
42	YES		SSM	Crocker	A E		14/20H	1937
43	YES		RSM	Drew	P T		14/20H	1939
44	YES		Sgt	Astley	J		14/20H	1939
45	YES		SSM	Waller	C		14/20H	1939
46	YES		Maj	Norton	J B		14/20H	1941
47	YES		RSM	Swallow	G H		14/20H	1941
48	YES		BM	Grimes	R E G		14/20H	1941
49	YES		Sgt	Germains	P Z		14/20H	1941
50	YES		Lt Col	Groves	L H S		14/20H	1943
51	YES		Capt	Gill	T W		14/20H	1943
52	YES		RSM	Slatter	A E		14/20H	1943
53	YES		RQMS	Smith	C		14/20H	1944
54	YES		SSM	Easto	R		14/20H	1944
55	YES		Maj	Stephen	R J	MBE	14/20H	1945
56	YES		Lt Col	Tilney	H A R	OBE	14/20H	1946
57	YES		RQMS	Roberts	R		14/20H	1946
58	YES		MQMS	Blacow	C G		14/20H	1946
59	YES		SSM	Williamson	V H		14/20H	1946
		1	Maj	Swallow	G H		14/20H	1946
60	YES		Capt	McClure	R A		14/20H	1947
61	YES		Sgt	Winstanley	F		14/20H	1947
62	YES		Maj	Mann	J J		14/20H	1947
63	YES		Maj	Browne	P F W	DSO MC	14/20H	1948
64	YES		SSM	Adams	L J		14/20H	1948
		2	Capt (QM)	Drew	P T	MBE	14/20H	1948
65	YES		Maj	Allen	R P D F	MBE	14/20H	1949
66	YES		Maj	Sturt	A R		14/20H	1949
67	YES		RSM	Saville	R		14/20H	1949
68	YES		TQMS	Charlton	L R		14/20H	1949
69	YES		Sgt	Walters	J W		14/20H	1949
70	YES		Gen	McCreery	Sir Richard L	GCB KBE DSO MC	Colonel of the Regiment	1952
71	YES		Lt Col	Studd	E B		14/20H	1952
72	YES		Capt	Mosse	P S		14/20H	1952
73	YES		SSM	Senior	A		14/20H	1952
74	YES		Cpl	Coles	V C		14/20H	1952
75	YES		Cpl	Holdway	E A N		14/20H	1953
76	YES		Lt Col	Woodd	B B N		Colonel of the Regiment	1954
77	YES		Maj	Tayleur	B C L		14/20H	1954
78	YES		BM	Hurst	R		14/20H	1954
79	YES		SQMS	Cundy	A E		14/20H	1956
80	YES		RSM	Prevett	A F		14/20H	1956
81	YES		Sgt	Macgregor	J C W		14/20H	1956
82	YES		Sgt	Tasker	G W		14/20H	1956
83	YES		Sgt	Williams	D A J		14/20H	1956
84	YES		Sgt	Shakespeare	G P		14/20H	1956
85	YES		SSM	Le Maitre	A E		14/20H	1956
86	YES		SSM	Reynolds	J A		14/20H	1956
87	YES		AQMS	Thompson	J E		14/20H	1956
88	YES		Sgt	Volley	W		14/20H	1956
		3	Capt	McClure	R A		14/20H	1956
89	YES		Maj	Garbutt	W D		14/20H	1958
90	YES		RSM	Vale	T		14/20H	1958
91	YES		SSgt	Justin	J V		14/20H	1958
92	YES		Tpr	Grubb	B		14/20H	1959
93	YES		Lt Col	Talbot	G A L C		14/20H	1959
94	YES		Lt (QM)	Boulter	R		14/20H	1959
95	YES		ASM	Vickers	J W		REME	1960
96	YES		Lt Col	Walsh	E G W T		14/20H	1961
97	YES		RSM	Sheen	E		14/20H	1961
98	YES		Maj	English	R W		14/20H	1962
99	YES		Maj	Ross	C C G		14/20H	1964
100	YES		RSM	Witney	P C W		14/20H	1964
101	YES		Sgt	Rumble	I R		REME	1964
		4	Lt Col	Talbot	G A L C		14/20H	1964
102	YES		Lt Col	Fooks	O J F		14/20H	1965
103	YES		Capt	Sanders	G S		14/20H	1965
104	YES		Maj	Urban-Smith	M A	MC	14/20H	1966
105	YES		WO2	Flowers	D J		14/20H	1966
106	YES		SSM	Taylor	W		14/20H	1966
107	YES		Lt Col	Frazer	S R M		14/20H	1966
		5	RSM	Macgregor	J C W		14/20H	1966
108	YES			Deposited in the National Army Museum			14/20H	1967
109	YES		SQMS	Osbourne	C		14/20H	1967
110	YES		Maj	Palmer	J M		14/20H	1967
111	YES		Lt Col	Cavendish	P B	OBE	14/20H	1969
112	YES		ASM	Ottaway	R		REME	1969
113	YES		SSM	Sharp	J		14/20H	1969
114	YES		Maj	Goodhart	M H		14/20H	1969
		6	Maj	Garbutt	W D		14/20H	1969
		7	Maj (QM)	Vale	T		14/20H	1969
115	YES		Maj	Stockton	W J		14/20H	1970
116	YES		RQMS	Bury	J		14/20H	1970
117	YES		Cpl	Ingham	D J		14/20H	1970
		8	Maj (QM)	Williams	D A J	MBE	14/20H	1970
118	YES		Maj	Ferguson	J L		RAPC	1971
119	YES		Capt	Escott	J J		14/20H	1971
120	YES		Sgt	Draper	B J M		14/20H	1971
121	YES		Sgt	Steele	K		14/20H	1971
		9	Col	Woodd	B B N		14/20H	1971
122	YES		Maj	Eyre	J V		14/20H	1973
123	YES		Lt Col	Williams	T G	MBE	14/20H	1975
124	YES		SSM	Midgley	P		14/20H	1975
125	YES		Sgt	Tottman	C		14/20H	1975
126	YES		Maj	Harman	P		14/20H	1976
127	YES		RQMS	Howard	J		14/20H	1976
128	YES		Sgt	Angel	A		14/20H	1976
		10	Col	Allen	R P D F	MBE	Colonel of the Regiment	1976
129	YES		SSgt	Diver	J		14/20H	1977
130	YES		Cpl	Smith	A		14/20H	1977
131	YES		SQMS	Schofield	J		14/20H	1979
132	YES		Maj	Clarke	P C	CVO	14/20H	1979
133	YES		Capt	Mann	R J		14/20H	1979
134	YES		Lt Col	Pharo-Tomlin	J A		14/20H	1979
135	YES		Capt	Woodd	D J B		14/20H	1981
136	YES		Cpl	Lowe	D J		ACC	1981
137	YES		Lt Col	de Beaujeu	D L		14/20H	1981
138	YES		Lt Col	Clifton-Bligh	J R		14/20H	1982
139	YES		SSM	Wagstaff	A G		14/20H	1983
140	YES		Lt	Murray	N M		14/20H	1983
141	YES		Capt	Cameron-Hayes	J C		14/20H	1983
		11	RSM	Draper	B J M		14/20H	1983
142	YES		Capt	Burgess	M H		14/20H	1984
143	YES		RQMS	Butcher	W M		14/20H	1984
144	YES		SSgt	Wyper	W F		14/20H	1985
145	YES		Lt	Sandford	A		14/20H	1985
146	YES		Maj	Edge	W R T		RAMC	1985
147	YES		SSgt	Tyson	R F		14/20H	1985
148	YES		SSgt	Collins	B		14/20H	1985
149	YES		Sgt	Drummond	D A		14/20H	1985
150	YES		Maj	Moger	J M D		14/20H	1985
151	YES		BM	Sands	R		14/20H	1985
152	YES		Lt Col	Smales	J R		14/20H	1985
153	YES		Maj	Scott	T P		14/20H	1985
		12	Maj Gen	Palmer	Sir Michael	KCVO	Colonel of the Regiment	1985
154	YES		Maj	Vickery	M J H		14/20H	1986
155	YES		Sgt	Kirk	G V		14/20H	1986
156	YES		Cpl	Lythgoe	B		14/20H	1986
157	YES		Capt	Beardsall	J H		14/20H	1986
158	YES		Maj	Lang	S E		14/20H	1987
159	YES		Maj	Garbutt	P D W		14/20H	1987
160	YES		Capt	Clark	C B		14/20H	1987
161	YES		RSM	Davies	K		14/20H	1987
162	YES		Lt	Hutchinson	G		14/20H	1988
163	YES		SSM	Cornish	J C		14/20H	1988
164	YES		Lt Col	Price	C K		14/20H	1989
165	YES		Capt	Ross	A C G		14/20H	1990
166	YES		BSM	Lydiard	B M		14/20H	1990
167	YES		WO2	Dolan	J C		APTC	1990
168	YES		Capt	Palmer	J R M		14/20H	1991
169	YES		Capt	Jaques	P W		REME	1991
170	YES		Capt	Beveridge	A B		14/20H	1991
171	YES		RQMS(T)	Coleman	D H		14/20H	1991
172	YES		RSM	Rae	H P J		14/20H	1991
173	YES		Maj	Tilney	G H R	MBE	14/20H	1991
174	YES		Mr	Hill	D J		Regimental Historian	1991
175	YES		SSgt	Bailey	F		14/20H	1992
176	YES		ORQMS	Mawer	J		14/20H	1992

The tradition of the Regimental medal continues today with the King’s Royal Hussars a list of all recipients can been see on the regiments website: krh.org.uk

History of the 14th/20th King's Hussars

The Regimental Medal

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