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*[http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12065-wd-number-query-and-excellent-vehicle-photographs/?p=132298 Photograph of Bedale , a 17th/21st Lancers Mark VI B Light Tank India Pattern with crew] c 1938-39  , part of a WW2 Forum  [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12065-wd-number-query-and-excellent-vehicle-photographs/?p=132031 thread] which contains additional images but you must be logged into the Forum to view them.
*[http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12065-wd-number-query-and-excellent-vehicle-photographs/?p=132298 Photograph of Bedale , a 17th/21st Lancers Mark VI B Light Tank India Pattern with crew] c 1938-39  , part of a WW2 Forum  [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12065-wd-number-query-and-excellent-vehicle-photographs/?p=132031 thread] which contains additional images but you must be logged into the Forum to view them.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rRb6B7g_pdUC&pg=PA176 Page 176] ''The Conservatism of the British Cavalry and Its Effect on the British Army'' by Michael L. Waller Preview Google Books, refers to the receipt of the regiment’s first motor vehicle in 1938, in India
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rRb6B7g_pdUC&pg=PA176 Page 176] ''The Conservatism of the British Cavalry and Its Effect on the British Army'' by Michael L. Waller Preview Google Books, refers to the receipt of the regiment’s first motor vehicle in 1938, in India
 
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000943  1977 interview with John Stanley Vincent Marling and Arthur Lawrence], British officer and NCO who both served with 17th/21st Lancers in India 1932-1938. Imperial War Museums
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000940 1977 interview with Robert Lifford Valentine ffrench Blake] British officer served with 17th/21st Lancers in India, 1933-1939. Imperial War Museums
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000956 1977 interview with Thomas Wentworth Nickalls], British officer served with 17th/21st Lancers in India, 1933-1939. Imperial War Museums


====Historical Books Online====
====Historical Books Online====

Revision as of 11:48, 4 July 2013

Also known as 17th (Light) Dragoons and 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Chronology

  • 1759 raised by Colonel John Hale as Hale's Light Horse known as the 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1761 renumbered as the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1766 renumbered again as the 3rd Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1769 renumbered again as the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1822 renamed the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
  • 1861 renamed the 17th Regiment of Lancers
  • 1921 retitled as the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
  • 1922 amalgamated with the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) 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

In 1884 due to the return of the 13th Hussars to England, 5 privates transferred to the 17th Lancers[1]

External Links

Historical Books Online

References