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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers 16th Queen's Lancers] Wikipedia<br>[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] Wikipedia<br>[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 | ||
==Online Books== | |||
''Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers'' by WJD Gould (1837-1846) [http://www.archive.org/details/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft Archive.org]. In 1846 when the Regiment left India for England, those who wished to stay in India could transfer to either the 3rd Light Dragoons or the 9th Lancers [http://www.archive.org/stream/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft#page/108/mode/2up page 108] | |||
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Revision as of 06:45, 29 September 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
- 1822 India
- 1825 Jat War
- 1839 1st Afghan War
- 1843 Gwalior
- 1844 Meerut
- 1845 1st Sikh War
- 1865 India
- 1890 Lucknow
- 1897 Umballa
- 1897 North West Frontier
External Links
16th Queen's Lancers Wikipedia
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Lancers Wikipedia
Online Books
Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers by WJD Gould (1837-1846) Archive.org. In 1846 when the Regiment left India for England, those who wished to stay in India could transfer to either the 3rd Light Dragoons or the 9th Lancers page 108