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===Historical Books Online=== | ===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 ''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''] 1841. Archive.org. Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01canngoog#page/n68/mode/1up/ page 54] in 1808 in Calcutta | ||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
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Revision as of 17:57, 11 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
- 1808 India
- 1815 Cutch
- 1816 3rd Maratha War
- 1818 India
- 1820 Cutch
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1859 Sholapore
- 1860 Secunderabad
- 1879 Mhow
- 1882 Lucknow
- 1905 Meerut
- 1909 Sialkot
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 1841. Archive.org. 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