9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers: Difference between revisions

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Also known as the Delhi Spearmen.

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 Royal Lancers and became 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)

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 Google Books 1841
With H.M. 9th Lancers during the Indian Mutiny. The letters of Brevet-major O.H.S.G. Anson 1896 Archive.org

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 == 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
+*''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
+*[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
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