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On
25th June 1993, the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers and
the 17th/21st Lancers were amalgamated to form The Queen's
Royal Lancers. The regiment retained the famous Motto capbadge
of the 17th/21st (represented by the Death's Head skull and
crossed thighbones with the scroll 'Or Glory' below), with
the addition of a scarlet backing from the 16th/5th.
The regiment
is proud to have Her Majesty The Queen as its Colonel-in-Chief,
a position she has held since 1947with the 16th/5th. HRH Princess
Alexandra was Colonel-in-Chief of the 17th/21st and became
Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the new regiment.
After
amalgamation the Regiment, equipped with Challenger 1 tanks,
moved to Osnabruck, Germany. July 1994 saw the final parade
of The Queen's Royal Lancers Band; they subsequently amalgamated
with the 9th/12th Lancers Band to form the Band of the Royal
Lancers.
The Regiment
deployed to Cyprus in December 1994 in a UN peacekeeping role,
followed shortly by C Squadron's deployment to Maglai, Bosnia,
in April 1995. 1997 saw the Regiment deployed to Canada as
the opposition force in the British Army Training Unit Suffield
(BATUS). In 1998 the Regiment completed two major exercises
in Poland. In the same year B Squadron deployed to Bosnia
as part of the NATO Stabilisation Force (SFOR). Also that
year The Queen's Royal Lancers Battle Group and was present
throughout the highly volatile period of the Kosovo campaign.
On return to Germany the Regiment undertook conversion to
the British Army's new Challenger 2 tank.
In 2001
the Regiment deployed to Cyprus again as part of the UN Peacekeeping
Force based in the capital, Nicosia. C Squadron completed
another tour of Bosnia in 2002/2002 and The Queen's Royal
Lancers Battle Group deployed to Kosovo as part of the NATO-led
Kosovo force.
Since
amalgamation The Queen's Royal Lancers has served in Germany,
Cyprus, Canada, Poland, Bosnia and Kosovo, earning a reputation
as one of Britain's leading armoured regiments. Equipped with
Challenger 2, it stands in the front line of the British Army's
fighting and peacekeeping capabilities.
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