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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Lancers 9th Lancers] Wikipedia
*[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.armynavyairforce.co.uk/9th_queens_royal_lancers.htm 9th Lancers] armynavyairforce.co.uk
*[http://www.derby.gov.uk/LeisureCulture/MuseumsGalleries/TheRegimentalMuseumofthe9th12thLancers.htm The Regimental Museum] of the 9th and [[12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers|12th]] Lancers
*[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


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[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments|9th Lancers]]
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments|9th Lancers]]

Revision as of 12:07, 8 February 2013

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

Service in British India

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’

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