8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)

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8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) is an army reserve armoured regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces.

Originally founded as the New Brunswick Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry in 1848 by the regimentation of a number of independent cavalry troops, the regiment was the first volunteer cavalry regiment in British North America. The regiment had many names before gaining its current one in 1960. During the Second World War, the regiment was part of 5th Canadian Armoured Division and served in Italy.

In 2004, 8CH changed trades to become an armoured reconnaissance unit, in place of its previous designation as simply an armoured unit. Along with this trade change the unit was given the new Mercedes Benz G-Wagon, a Jeep-like vehicle more suited to their new role as reconnaissance. The unit is stationed at the Moncton and Sussex detachments of CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick. Its Colonel-in-Chief is HRH The Princess Royal.