following this up by engaging Command Troop as it passed by. Following the blue on blue incident Brigadier Cordingly ordered all vehicles to fly flags, banners or anything they could lay their hands on to show they were friendly. He felt the campaign was coming to a close and that vehicles from all nationalities were roaming everywhere and that this would lead to more friendly fire incidents. The Irish Hussars did not disappoint. Union flags and Ulster Banners quickly appeared. Colonel Denaro, a Roman Catholic from Donegal, led the advance into Kuwait from that point onwards with an Ulster flag supplied by his Northern Ireland Protestant crew fluttering from one of his tank's antennae. The regiment was then tasked on G+4 to take possession of the Basra to Kuwait City highway to prevent retreating Iraqi forces from escaping. This was done by 0800hrs. The ceasefire was then announced so the regiment went firm and started putting up bivouacs and tents. As the regiment left the area heading back to Al Jubayl for "de-bombing" the Regimental Sergeant Major was stopped by some civilians who said, "Thank you for giving us back our country", which seemed to him to be a fitting end to the deployment. The regiment lost no casualties, no tanks were disabled or knocked out by enemy fire, and it took part in the destruction of over three hundred Iraqi tanks in a four-day period. Colonel Denaro's Challenger 1 tank named "Churchill" is now preserved at The Tank Museum, Bovington with the list of its crew, Corporal John Nutt, Corporal Gerry McKenna and Trooper Les Hawkes. Regimental museum The regimental collection is based at Eastbourne Redoubt in Sussex. It is moving to a new facility in Warwick known as "Trinity Mews": it is due to open in 2022. Amalgamation The regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Hussars to form the Queen's Royal Hussars on 2 September 1993. Commanding Officers The Commanding Officers have been: 1958–1960: Lt.-Col. W. George O. Butler 1960–1963: Lt.-Col. H. Timothy Pierson 1963–1965: Lt.-Col. John M. Strawson 1965–1968: Lt.-Col. John T. Paley 1968–1970: Lt.-Col. G. Kenneth Bidie 1970–1972: Lt.-Col. Christopher D. B. Troughton 1972–1974: Lt.-Col. Brian R. O’Rorke 1974–1976: Lt.-Col. Brian L. G. Kenny 1976–1979: Lt.-Col. Richard S. Webster 1979–1981: Lt.-Col. Robin J. Rhoderick-Jones 1981–1984: Lt.-Col. Richard E. Barron 1984–1986: Lt.-Col. Stephen R. Daniell 1986–1989: Lt.-Col. Sir Charles D. Lowther, 4th Baronet 1989–1991: Lt.-Col. Arthur