The King’s Royal Hussars (KRH) awarded Iraq Medals
Baz with Lt Col Orr CO The King’s Royal Hussars
Castledown Radio's Baz Reilly spoke to the CO Lt Col Orr about their time in Iraq. Listen to the interview.
Soldiers from The King’s Royal Hussars(KRH) were awarded the
Iraq Medal on parade at their barracks recently.
Back from a dangerous but successful tour of
duty in Iraq at the beginning of October, two Sabre Squadrons and the Regimental
Headquarters received their medals in front of their families before marching
to church for a Service of Thanksgiving. The Medals were presented by the Colonel of the Regiment,
Brigadier Christopher Price CBE.
The Regiment had a varied six months in Iraq, with jobs as diverse as spending weeks on
counter-smuggling operations on the border with Iran,
living in the desert like nomads, and escorting convoys and raids into the
centre of Basrah City.For this tour, they left their heavy Challenger 2 Tanks at their base in
Tidworth, and learned to crew a spectrum of other vehicles more suitable for
patrolling in Iraq
– notably the Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle and the WIMIK, a specially
adapted Land Rover ideal for long-range patrolling in the desert.
During their time in Iraq, the Regiment was responsible
for the detention of a particularly dangerous insurgent commander and destroyed
over twenty tons of ordnance which the enemy could have used to attack British
soldiers or Iraqis.They came under attack
very regularly and from a variety of different weapons, and their families are
relieved and proud to have them back.
