Guidon and Battle Honours
The regiment's original Guidon was presented in 1967 by Queen Elizabeth II during a ceremony on Parliament Hill. At the centre of the Guidon is the regimental badge depicting the White Horse of Hanover, galloping, with forelegs raised, above a Cornet surrounded by the regiments name "FIRST HUSSARS". The badge is surrounded by the National Wreath of maple leaves, with the regiment's motto, "HODIE NON CRAS" below. The first canton of the Guidon contains the regiment's abbreviated name "1H". The Second and Third cantons again contain the White Horse of Hanover, and the fourth canton contains the cypher of Queen Elizabeth II "EIIR". The Guidon is also emblazoned with 17 of the 34 battle honours awarded to the regiment. The 1st guidon was retired in 1993, with a new Guidon being presented by Lieutenant Governor the Honourable Henry Jackman at Wolseley Barracks.
The battle honours awarded to the 1st Hussars are as follows, with those bolded emblazoned on the regiment's Guidon.
- South Africa 1900
- Somme 1916
- Ancre Heights
- Flers-Courcelette
- Arras 1917
- Vimy 1917
- Amiens
- Scarpe 1918
- Drocourt-Queant
- Hindenburg Line
- Canal Du Nord
- Cambrai 1918
- Pursuit to Mons
- Normandy Landing
- Putot-en-Bessin
- Le Mesnil-Patry
- Caen
- The Orne
- Bourguebus Ridge
- Faubourg de Vaucelles
- Verrières Ridge–Tilly-la-Campagne
- Falaise
- Falaise Road
- Quesnay Wood
- The Laison
- Chambois
- Calais 1944
- The Lower Maas
- The Rhineland
- The Hochwald
- Apeldoorn
- North-West Europe 1944-1945
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