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*'''1864''' India | *'''1864''' India | ||
*'''1888''' [[Meerut]] | *'''1888''' [[Meerut]] | ||
*'''1894''' Muttra | *'''1894''' [[Muttra]] | ||
*'''1919''' Risalpur | *'''1919''' Risalpur | ||
*'''1921''' Risalpur | *'''1921''' Risalpur | ||
Revision as of 14:14, 26 August 2010
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
External Links
5th Royal Irish Lancers www.regiments.org
5th Royal Irish Lancers Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Wikipedia