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Also known as the '''Delhi Spearmen'''.

== Chronology ==
*'''1715''' raised by Major-General Owen Wynne as the 9th Dragoons or "Wynne's Dragoons"
*'''1783''' became the 9th Light Dragoons 
*'''1816''' became the 9th Lancers
*'''1830''' became the '''9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers'''
*'''1921''' became the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
*'''1953''' merged with [[12th Light Dragoons|12th Royal Lancers]] and became 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)

== Service in British India ==
*'''1841''' India
*'''1843''' [[:Category:Gwalior Campaign 1843|Gwalior Campaign]] 
*'''1845''' [[1st Sikh War]]
*'''1848''' [[2nd Sikh War]]
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
*'''1875''' India
*'''1878''' [[2nd Afghan War]]
*'''1881''' [[Umballa]]
*'''1898''' [[Punjab]]
*'''1902''' [[Rawalpindi]]

==FIBIS resources==
*"Boy Soldier to Lancer: John Arnfield in the Anglo -Sikh Wars" by Ainslie Sharpe ''FIBIS Journal Number 26 Autumn 2011'', pages 31-40  For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:John Arnfield transferred from the [[16th Lancers]] 1 April 1846 when that regiment returned to England. He fought with the 9th Lancers in the [[2nd Sikh War]]. He was discharged at his own request 11 February 1853. He had served in India since joining as a Boy in 1833 and had fought in both the [[1st Sikh War]] and the [[2nd Sikh War]]. He died in Calcutta in 1856, age 35, ‘out of employment’

==Histories and Accounts==
*''The Life of a Lancer in the Wars of the Punjab, or, Seven Years in India, 1843-50'', by James Gilling,  first published 1855, and available at the [[National Army Museum]].  Republished in 2014<ref>[https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/the-life-of-a-lancer-in-the-wars-of-the-punjab-seven-years-in-india-1843-50.php ''The Life Of A Lancer In The Wars Of The Punjaub, Or, Seven Years In India, 1843-50''] Helion</ref>, but catalogued with the spelling ''Punjaub''. Gilling was a  private soldier and a description of the book says "It is the only published memoir written from the ranks of a lancer regiment at this period".

== External links ==
===Historical books online===
*''Historical record of the Ninth, or the Queen’s Royal Regiment of Light Dragoons; Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715, and of its subsequent services to 1841''  [http://books.google.com/books?id=zp_yUexesdsC  Google Books] 1841
*[https://archive.org/details/journalofcavalry00humb  ''Journal of a Cavalry Officer: including the memorable Sikh Campaign of 1845-46''] by William Wellington Waterloo Humbley, Captain 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers 1854 Archive.org. Includes some maps.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/withhm9thlancers00ansorich#page/n7/mode/2up ''With H.M. 9th Lancers during the Indian Mutiny. The letters of Brevet-major O.H.S.G. Anson'']  1896 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog  ''Cavalry Experiences and Leaves from My Journal''] by Colonel H A Ouvry 1892 Archive.org. The author arrived in India in late 1846 to join the [[3rd Light Dragoons]], where he took part in the [[2nd Sikh War]] and remained with the regiment until they returned to England. C 1854, he could not afford to remain in England and exchanged into the 9th Lancers, arriving back at Umballa in 1855 (page 99) and took part in the [[Indian Mutiny]], [https://archive.org/stream/cavalryexperien00ouvrgoog#page/n157/mode/2up page 127]  He returned to England in 1859. His wife's account follows.
:[https://archive.org/details/aladysdiarybefo00ouvrgoog ''A Lady's Diary Before and During the Indian Mutiny''] by M H Ouvry 1892 Archive.org. The author 's husband wrote the book above.
*[http://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1715-1936-sheppard/38976 ''The Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers 1715-1936''] by Major E W Sheppard 1939 is available to read online on the website of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum.   There is also a history from 1936. Some of the pages were slow to display, or did not display in a reasonable time.

===Other===
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016052244/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D09L.htm  9th Queen's Royal Lancers] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071110142629/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d09.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Lancers 9th Lancers] Wikipedia
*[http://www.armynavyairforce.co.uk/9th_queens_royal_lancers.htm 9th Lancers] armynavyairforce.co.uk
*[http://www.derbymuseums.org/other-galleries/ The Soldier’s Story at Derby Museums] tells the stories of soldiers from three regiments; the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, the Sherwood Foresters (now part of the Mercian Regiment) and the Derbyshire Yeomanry.
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/onlinelists/GB1609%20912L.pdf Catalogue of regimental records] for the 9th and [[12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers|12th]] Lancers available at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery
*[http://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum] Contains a search facility for those who served in the 19th and 20th centuries and online regimental histories
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100929105539/http://www.britishmedals.us/resources/regts/british/9thlancers.html The Ninth (Queen’s Own Royal) Lancers Service In India During The XIX Century] The Asplin Military History Resources, now archived.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20100927193510/http://www.britishmedals.us/files/9lpunjab.htm Punjab Medal Roll -  9th Lancers]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20100926111345/http://www.britishmedals.us/files/mutiny9l.htm Indian Mutiny Roll for the 9th Lancers]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20190125221242/http://www.britishmedals.us/files/9lafghan.htm 9th Lancers Afghanistan Medal Roll]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20090227012149/http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/other/exeter.html Exeter Memorial - 9th Lancers] Erected 1860  "By The Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers And Privates of the 9th Queens Royal Lancers  Who Served With The Regiment In India In Memory Of Their Comrades Who Fell There In The Service Of Their Country"
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20200712013943/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bjCeYG4Bx6sJ:www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles/morgan.html  "James Morgan – 9th Lancers – 1878 to 1887"] He arrived in Bombay January 1879, took part in the [[2nd Afghan War]], and remained in India until the regiment was returned to England at the end of 1885. He was discharged in 1887 with medical problems due to long service in India. Archived from a Google cache of a page.

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