17th Lancers: Difference between revisions

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Also known as 16th The Queen's Lancers

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)
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

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 *'''1993''' amalgamated with the 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers
 == Service in British India ==
-*'''1822''' India
+*'''1808''' India
-*'''1825''' [[:Category:Jat War 1825-26|Jat War]]
+*'''1815''' Cutch
-*'''1839''' [[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War]]
+*'''1816''' [[3rd Maratha War]]
-*'''1843''' [[Gwalior]]
+*'''1818''' India
-*'''1844''' [[Meerut]]
+*'''1820''' Cutch
-*'''1845''' [[:Category:1st Sikh War|1st Sikh War]]
+*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]]
-*'''1865''' India
+*'''1859''' Sholapore
-*'''1890''' [[Lucknow]]
+*'''1860''' [[Secunderabad]]
-*'''1897''' [[Umballa]]
+*'''1879''' Mhow
-*'''1897''' [[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier]]
+*'''1882'''  [[Lucknow]]
+*'''1905''' [[Meerut]]
+*'''1909''' [[Sialkot]]
 == External Links ==
 [http://web.archive.org/web/20071216005411/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d17.htm 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)] www.regiments.org<br>  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Lancers 17th Lancers] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers 17th/21st Lancers Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Royal_Lancers Queens Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
 [[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]