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== External Links ==
 
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===Historical Books Online===
 
===Historical Books Online===
''Historical record of the Ninth, or the Queen’s Royal Regiment of Light Dragoons; Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715, and of its subsequent services to 1841''  [[http://books.google.com/books?id=zp_yUexesdsC  Google Books]] 1841
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''Historical record of the Ninth, or the Queen’s Royal Regiment of Light Dragoons; Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715, and of its subsequent services to 1841''  [http://books.google.com/books?id=zp_yUexesdsC  Google Books] 1841
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016052244/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D09L.htm  9th Queen's Royal Lancers] www.regiments.org
 
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071016052244/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D09L.htm  9th Queen's Royal Lancers] www.regiments.org

Revision as of 01:48, 7 January 2010

Also known as the Delhi Spearmen.

Chronology

  • 1715 raised by Major-General Owen Wynne as the 9th Dragoons or "Wynne's Dragoons"
  • 1783 became the 9th Light Dragoons
  • 1816 became the 9th Lancers
  • 1830 became the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
  • 1921 became the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
  • 1953 merged with 12th Royal Lancers and became 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)

Service in British India

External Links

Historical Books Online

Historical record of the Ninth, or the Queen’s Royal Regiment of Light Dragoons; Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715, and of its subsequent services to 1841 Google Books 1841

Other