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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers 17th/21st Lancers] Wikipedia<br>  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers 17th/21st Lancers] Wikipedia<br>  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Royal_Lancers Queens Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Royal_Lancers Queens Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
*[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_home.htm The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum]. Covers the [[5th Dragoons|5th]], [[16th (The Queen's) Lancers|16th]], [[17th Dragoons|17th]], and 21st Lancers
*[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk The Queen's Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum] at Thoresby Park, 22 miles north of Nottingham. Covers the [[5th Dragoons|5th]], [[16th (The Queen's) Lancers|16th]], [[17th Dragoons|17th]], and 21st Lancers
**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_21.htm History: 21st Empress of India's Lancers]
**[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/enquiries.htm Historical Enquiries and Research]. The Archives are located at Lancer House inside Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham
**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_1721.htm History: 17th/21st Lancers]  
**[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/21l.htm The 21st Lancers]
**[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/1721l.htm The 17th/21st Lancers]
*[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_21.htm 21st Hussars] hussards-photos.com
*[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_21.htm 21st Hussars] hussards-photos.com
*[http://peek-01.livejournal.com/23643.html  The Life and Death of Lieutenant Neville Rudd Thompson  of the 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers] by Ross Dix-Peek.  Lieutenant Thompson and the 21st Lancers, and their part in the Battle at Shabkadar on the 5 September 1915 on the [[North West Frontier Campaigns| North West Frontier]] . The regiment  spend the duration of World War One (1914-1919) in India, in that region.
*[http://peek-01.livejournal.com/23643.html  The Life and Death of Lieutenant Neville Rudd Thompson  of the 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers] by Ross Dix-Peek.  Lieutenant Thompson and the 21st Lancers, and their part in the Battle at Shabkadar on the 5 September 1915 on the [[North West Frontier Campaigns| North West Frontier]] . The regiment  spend the duration of World War One (1914-1919) in India, in that region.

Latest revision as of 23:11, 17 January 2015

Also known as 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

Chronology

  • 1858 raised as the 3rd Bengal European Light Cavalry for service in the Indian Mutiny
  • 1860 renamed the 2nd Bengal European Cavalry
  • 1862 formally moved into the British Army and titled the 21st Regiment of Hussars
  • 1897 redesignated as the 21st Lancers
  • 1898 renamed the 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
  • 1921 renamed the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's)
  • 1922 amalgamated with the 17th Lancers, to form the 17th/21st Lancers
  • 1993 amalgamated with the 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers

Service in British India

Regimental Journals

  • Twenty First Hussars Regimental Gazetteer. This journal was first published in Lucknow in 1872 and at least one issue, possibly more , is available at the British Library
  • The Vedette : the Journal of the 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers. Volume 1 1911/1912 to Volume 9, 1919 appear in the catalogue of the National Army Museum
  • The White Lancer and the Vedette : the Regimental Journal of the 17th/21st Lancers . Volume 11-12 1923-1924, Volume 16 1928 and some editions in the 1930s and beyond appear in the catalogue of the National Army Museum

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