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The History |
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The
16th Lancers
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The
5th Royal Irish Lancers
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 Raised
in 1759 as the 16th Light Dragoons, it saw action in the American
War of Independence, the Wars with Revolutionary France, the
Peninsular War, and at Waterloo. It was the first regiment to
use the lance in action, at Bhurtpore in 1822. After a successful
charge at the Battle of Aliwal in 1846 its lance pennons, encrusted
with blood, appeared to be crimped, and to this day the pennons
are kept crimped in commemoration. Always known as the 'Scarlet
Lancers', the 16th fought in every major campaign except the
Crimea and gained more Battle Honours than any other cavalry
regiment.
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 Raised
in 1689 as Wynne's Regiment of Enniskillen Dragoons, the regiment
saw action in Flanders, Spain and Ireland before being disbanded
in 1799. It was raised again as the 5th Royal Irish Lancers
in 1858 and served in the Boer War and the Great War. The regiment
was the last to leave Mons in the retreat of 1914 and the first
to re-enter the town in the advance of 1918.
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The
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
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 16th/5th
The Queen's Royal Lancers. Formed in 1922 by the amalgamation
of the 16th and the 5th Lancers, it was mechanised in 1939 and
fought in North Africa and Italy during the Second World War.
Between 1945 and 1993 the regiment served in Germany, Aden,
Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, Cyprus and Lebanon. In the Gulf
War it was first to enter both Iraq and Kuwait.
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The
17th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers
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The
21st Empress of India's Lancers
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 The
17th Light Dragoons was raised in 1759 following General Wolfe's
death in Quebec, with the regiment's motto of a Death's Head
and the words 'Or Glory' chosen in commemoration of him. It
was the first cavalry regiment deployed in the American War
of Independence. In October 1854, as the 17th Lancers, the regiment
charged in the front line of the Light Brigade at Balaklava,
earning three Victoria Crosses but losing many men dead or wounded.
Later service included the suppression of the Indian Mutiny,
a successful charge against the Zulus at Ulundi, the Boer War
and the Great War.
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Marquis of Granby raised the 21st Light Dragoons in 1760, the
regiment being disbanded and raised twice more as the wars with
France required. Raised for a fourth time in 1858, it served
in India and Egypt. In 1898 during the reconquest of the Sudan,
the 21st Lancers charged a Dervish mass at Omdurman, winning
three Victoria Crosses and the title '21st Empress of India's
Lancers'.
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17th/21st Lancers |
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Formed
by the amalgamation of the 17th and 21st Lancers in 1922 and
mechanised in 1938, it saw service in North Africa and Italy
during the Second World War. At Fondouk it cleared a route though
a heavily defended gap, sustaining heavy losses. Between 1945
and 1993 the regiment served in Palestine, Germany, Hong Kong,
Aden, Northern Ireland, Cyprus and the Gulf.
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Queen's Royal Lancers |
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1993 the 16th/5th and 17th/21st Lancers were amalgamated to
form The Queen’s Royal Lancers, retaining the Death’s
Head motto of the 17th/21st backed by the scarlet of the 16th/5th.
The regiment is proud to have Her Majesty The Queen as its Colonel-in-Chief,
a position she has held since 1947 (with the 16th/5th). The
Queen’s Royal Lancers has already served in Germany, Cyprus,
Canada, Poland and Bosnia.
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