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*'''1907''' [[Sialkot]]
*'''1907''' [[Sialkot]]


In 1884 due to the return of the [[13th Hussars]] to England, 2 privates transferred to the 12th Lancers <ref>  [http://pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.htm The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>
In 1884 due to the return of the [[13th Hussars]] to England, 2 privates transferred to the 12th Lancers <ref>  [https://www.pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.html The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>
 
== External Links ==
== External links ==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043249/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D12L.htm  12th Royal Lancers(Prince of Wales's)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071016052148/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d12.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043249/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D12L.htm  12th Royal Lancers(Prince of Wales's)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071016052148/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d12.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Royal_Lancers 12th Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Royal_Lancers 12th Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
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*[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.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 (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th]] and 12th Lancers available at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/onlinelists/GB1609%20912L.pdf Catalogue of regimental records] for the  [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th]] and 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 and journals, the latter  (at 2019/04) in the years 1909-1913, 1927-1930, and 1946 onwards.
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*''The History Of The XII Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s)'' by Captain P F Stewart  1950 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*''The History Of The XII Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s)'' by Captain P F Stewart  1950 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505984 Archive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India.
:This book is also available to read online on the [https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1715-1945-stewart??collection=1740 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website] (refer above). Some pages may be slow to load.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1715-1936-sheppard??collection=1742 ''The Ninth Queens Royal Lancers 1715-1936''] by Major E W Sheppard 1939. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1936-1945-bright??collection=1737 ''9th Queen’s Royal Lancers 1936-1945. The Story of an Armoured Regiment in Battle''] edited by Joan Bright 1951. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1945-1960??collection=1738 ''Historical Record of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers 1945-1960''] 1993. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1945-1960-brockbank/38186 ''A Short History of the XII Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) 1945-1960''] by R Brockbank and  R M Collins 1991. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1960-1985-brockbank/38815  ''A Short History of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s)  1960-1985''] by Robin Brockbank 1990. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.
*[https://archive.org/details/khakigownautobio0000bird/page/n7 ''Khaki and Gown : an Autobiography''] by Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood 1941. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Born in India in 1865, he lived in England from age 3, and was then posted, aged 19 to the  XII (12th) Lancers  at Bangalore in 1885, until 1887  when he joined the XI (11th) Bengal Lancers.


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 02:42, 27 October 2019

Also known as the 12th Light Dragoons

Chronology

  • 1715 raised as Phineas Bowles's Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 became the 12th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1768 became the 12th Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1816 became the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
  • 1817 became the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
  • 1861 became the 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
  • 1921 became the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
  • 1960 amalgamated with the 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers to form the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)

Service in British India

In 1884 due to the return of the 13th Hussars to England, 2 privates transferred to the 12th Lancers [1]

External links

Historical books online

  • The History Of The XII Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) by Captain P F Stewart 1950 Archive.org mirror version, originally from Digital Library of India.
This book is also available to read online on the 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website (refer above). Some pages may be slow to load.

References