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{{Locations_Infobox
Also known as ''' 5th (or Royal Irish) Lancers'''
|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image=Darjeeling.jpg
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=27.037559,88.263044&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=27.037559,88.263044 27.037559, 88.263044]
|altitude= 2,134 m (7,001 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Darjeeling]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_bengal West Bengal]
|country=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport=[[Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway]]
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'''Darjeeling''' was a [[hill station]] in [[Bengal]].
 
There were military cantonments at Jalapahar (established 1848), Darjeeling and at Lebong, situated below Darjeeling about eight miles away.
Lebong cantonment was established in 1882 as part of the Jalapahar cantonment, and became a separate cantonment in 1895.<ref>[http://www.darjeelingtimes.com/news/news/Discursive-Hills-Book-Review-.html Dr. Wangyal's Column : Discursive Hills] 1 November 2008 Darjeelingtimes.com</ref>
 
== Records ==
*The [[British Library]] has the following book in its catalogue:
''Taylor’s Maps of the following Tea Districts, Darjeeling, Terai, Jalpaiguri and Dooars, Darrang, Golaghat, Jorhat Nowgong, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Cachar, Sylhet, with complete Index to all Tea Gardens'', published 1910


*The [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25848598-5002031,00.html|The Australian newspaper] dated 1 August 2009 has an article about a hotel in Darjeeling “where the clock stopped ticking circa 1930”, and where the library has a substantial collection relating to India's railways.
== Chronology ==
*'''1689''' raised in Enniskillen as James Wynne's Regiment of Dragoons
*'''1751''' formally titled the 5th Regiment of Dragoons
*'''1788''' renamed the 5th Royal Irish Dragoons
*'''1799''' suspected of treachery and disbanded
*'''1858''' reformed as the 5th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons
*'''1861''' renamed the '''5th (or Royal Irish) Lancers'''
*'''1922''' amalgamated with the [[16th Lancers|16th The Queen's Lancers]] to become 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers
*'''1954''' became the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
*'''1993''' amalgamated with the 17th/21st Lancers to form The Queen's Royal Lancers


==Cemeteries==
== Service in British India ==
A [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia)]] cemetery publication is
*'''1864''' India
*''Darjeeling and the Dooars: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials 1842–1995'' by Eileen Hewson, 2006.    A record of the cemeteries and isolated graves from this corner of India with MIs and biographical notes on the planters and other notable tombs. 93pp, 23 illustrations, and map 
*'''1888''' [[Meerut]]
*'''1894''' [[Muttra]]
*'''1919''' Risalpur
*'''1921''' Risalpur


[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
On 1 August 1874, as the regiment was returning to England, 1 sergeant and 6 men transferred to the [[13th Hussars]]
<ref>  [https://www.pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.html The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>


== Related Articles ==
==Regimental histories==
*[[Tea Plantation]]
*''The History of the 5th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons from 1689 to 1799, afterwards the 5th Royal Irish Lancers from 1858 to 1921''  by Colonel J. R. Harvey ... Completed to 1921 by Lieut.-Colonel H. A. Cape.  1923. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001095845
*[[Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway]]
*''The Harp and Crown, the History of the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 1902 - 1922'' by Ciaran Byrne. Published and Printed by Lulu Books 2007. ISBN 9781847533395 .  [https://books.google.ie/books?id=Nifqt4ziFREC&pg=PP1 Sample pages, Google Books]
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Category:Darjeeling_images Darjeeling Images] Fibiwiki page containing various images of Darjeeling - click on thumbnails to expand.


== External Links ==
== External links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling Wikipedia]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118151132/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D05L.htm  5th Royal Irish Lancers] including  [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118151132/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D05L.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site.
* [http://www.koi-hai.com/darjeeling.html Darjeeling] from the website Koi-Hai
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071007121935/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D16-5L.htm 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071024085822/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d16-5L.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site
* [http://darjeelingnews.net/darjeeling_tea.html Darjeeling Tea History]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Royal_Irish_Lancers 5th Royal Irish Lancers] Wikipedia<br>
* [http://www.pbase.com/mgpimages/image/49777822 Photograph] of a tea plantation, Darjeeling.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars_(The_Queen%27s_Own_and_Royal_Irish) Queen's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia
* Photos of Darjeeling from  [http://oldindianphotos.blogspot.com/search/label/Darjeeling Old Indian Photos]
*[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, [[16th (The Queen's) Lancers|16th]], [[17th Dragoons|17th]], and [[21st Hussars|21st Lancers]]
*[http://www.windamerehotel.com/darjeeling/history.asp History of Darjeeling] from Windamerehotel.com
**[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.imagesofasia.com/html/india/lebong.html The cantonment at Lebong 1910] Postcard from Images of Asia
**[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/5l.htm The 5th Lancers]
===Online books===
**[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/165l.htm The 16th/5th Lancers]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/newmansguidetod00publgoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Newman's Guide to Darjeeling and Its Surroundings, Historical & Descriptive''] 1900 Archive.org
===Historical books online===
*''History Of The Darjeeling District''  by E C  Dozey 1917 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site. A chapter on schools commences computer page 99, and a chapter on cemeteries, with details of burials, commences computer page 140
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00willgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The Historical Records of the Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers from their foundation as Wynne's Dragoons (in 1689) to the present day'']  by Walter Temple Willcox 1908 Archive.org
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996  [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/244/mode/2up “Darjeeling”] from ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa : their history, people, commerce and industrial resources'' by Somerset Playne 1917 Archive.org
*''Bengal District Gazetteers: Darjeeling'' by L.S.S.O’Malley  (reprint 1985/1999, original 1907) is available to download as a searchable pdf file at [http://dspace.wbpublibnet.gov.in/dspace/handle/10689/2958 DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library]. Also available as Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=LhOzszXcM9UC&pg=PP15 Preview]


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Latest revision as of 11:46, 13 March 2020

Also known as 5th (or Royal Irish) Lancers

Chronology

  • 1689 raised in Enniskillen as James Wynne's Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 formally titled the 5th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1788 renamed the 5th Royal Irish Dragoons
  • 1799 suspected of treachery and disbanded
  • 1858 reformed as the 5th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1861 renamed the 5th (or Royal Irish) Lancers
  • 1922 amalgamated with the 16th The Queen's Lancers to become 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers
  • 1954 became the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
  • 1993 amalgamated with the 17th/21st Lancers to form The Queen's Royal Lancers

Service in British India

  • 1864 India
  • 1888 Meerut
  • 1894 Muttra
  • 1919 Risalpur
  • 1921 Risalpur

On 1 August 1874, as the regiment was returning to England, 1 sergeant and 6 men transferred to the 13th Hussars [1]

Regimental histories

  • The History of the 5th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons from 1689 to 1799, afterwards the 5th Royal Irish Lancers from 1858 to 1921 by Colonel J. R. Harvey ... Completed to 1921 by Lieut.-Colonel H. A. Cape. 1923. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001095845
  • The Harp and Crown, the History of the 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 1902 - 1922 by Ciaran Byrne. Published and Printed by Lulu Books 2007. ISBN 9781847533395 . Sample pages, Google Books

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. ↑ The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884 pinetreeweb.com

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