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**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_21.htm History: 21st Empress of India's Lancers] | **[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_21.htm History: 21st Empress of India's Lancers] | ||
**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_1721.htm History: 17th/21st Lancers] | **[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_1721.htm History: 17th/21st Lancers] | ||
| − | + | *[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. The regiment spend the duration of World War One (1914-1919) in India, in that region. | |
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 06:27, 14 May 2012
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
- 1858 Indian Mutiny
- 1862 India
- 1887 Madras
- 1889 Bangalore
- 1893 Secunderabad
- 1896 Egypt
- 1912 Rawalpindi
- 1914 Risalpur
- 1915 North West Frontier
- 1919 Meerut
External Links
- 21st Lancers www.regiments.org, an archived site
- 21st Hussars Wikipedia
- 17th/21st Lancers Wikipedia
- Queens Royal Lancers Wikipedia
- The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum. Covers the 5th, 16th, 17th, and 21st Lancers
- 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. The regiment spend the duration of World War One (1914-1919) in India, in that region.
