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== Service in British India ==
== Service in British India ==
[[Image:16th lancers aliwal memorial.jpg|thumb|250px|16th Lancers Aliwal memorial in Canterbury Cathedral]]
*'''1822''' India
*'''1822''' India
*'''1825''' [[Jat War]]  
*'''1825''' [[Jat War]]  
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*'''1843''' [[Gwalior]]
*'''1843''' [[Gwalior]]
*'''1844''' [[Meerut]]  
*'''1844''' [[Meerut]]  
*'''1845''' [[1st Sikh War]]
*'''1845''' [[1st Sikh War]], see below
:*[[Battle of Aliwal]]
*'''1865''' India  
*'''1865''' India  
*'''1890''' [[Lucknow]]  
*'''1890''' [[Lucknow]]  
*'''1897''' [[Umballa]]  
*'''1897''' [[Umballa]]  
*'''1897''' [[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier]]
*'''1897''' [[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier]]
===1st Sikh War===
The regiment fought in the [[Battle of Aliwal]] on the 28th January 1846, suffering many casualties.  Names of the fallen listed on the Aliwal memorial pictured can also be found on Stephen Lewis' memorials website ([http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/sutcavz.htm list of other ranks] and [http://glosters.tripod.com/Aliwal.htm list of Officers]).


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers 16th Queen's Lancers] Wikipedia<br>
'''Wikipedia'''
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers Queen's Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers 16th Queen's Lancers]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers]  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers Queen's Royal Lancers]  
 
'''Other'''
*[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/16lancersx.htm Memorial in Bangalore (on Stephen Lewis' website)] - a transcription of names of Officers and men who died whilst the 16th were in India between 1865 and 1876.  Names of those who died during the Sutlej Campaign ([[1st Sikh War]] 1845-46) are also on the site (linked above).


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 23:09, 13 November 2009

Also known as 16th The Queen's Lancers.

Chronology

  • 1759 raised as the 16th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1766 renamed the 2nd (or The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1769 renamed the 16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1816 renamed the 16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
  • 1861 became the 16th (The Queen's) Lancers
  • 1921 retitled as the 16th The Queen's Lancers
  • 1922 amalgamated with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers to form the 16th/5th The 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

16th Lancers Aliwal memorial in Canterbury Cathedral

1st Sikh War

The regiment fought in the Battle of Aliwal on the 28th January 1846, suffering many casualties. Names of the fallen listed on the Aliwal memorial pictured can also be found on Stephen Lewis' memorials website (list of other ranks and list of Officers).

External Links

Wikipedia

Other

Historical books online