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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
===Historical Books Online===
''Historical Record of the Seventeenth Regiment of Light Dragoons, Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1759, and of its subsequent services to 1841'' [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01canngoog#page/n15/mode/1up Archive.org]  1841.  Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01canngoog#page/n68/mode/1up/ page 54] in 1808 in Calcutta
===Other===
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[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



Revision as of 12:13, 8 January 2010

Also known as 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)
  • 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

External Links

Historical Books Online

Historical Record of the Seventeenth Regiment of Light Dragoons, Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1759, and of its subsequent services to 1841 Archive.org 1841. Indian Service commences page 54 in 1808 in Calcutta

Other

17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) www.regiments.org
17th Lancers Wikipedia
17th/21st Lancers Wikipedia
Queens Royal Lancers Wikipedia