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*'''1919''' Risalpur
*'''1919''' Risalpur
*'''1921''' Risalpur
*'''1921''' Risalpur
On 1 August 1874, as the regiment was returning to England, 1 sergeant and 6 men transferred to the [[13th Hussars]]
<ref>  [http://pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.htm The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_5.htm History: 5th Royal Irish Lancers]
**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_5.htm History: 5th Royal Irish Lancers]
**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_165.htm History: 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers]
**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_165.htm History: 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers]
*On August 1st 1874, as the regiment was returning to England 1 sergeant and 6 men transferred to the [[13th Hussars]], according to the link [http://pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.htm The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com
 
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00willgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The Historical Records of the Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers from their foundation as Wynne's Dragoons (in 1689) to the present day'']  by Walter Temple Willcox 1908 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor00willgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The Historical Records of the Fifth (Royal Irish) Lancers from their foundation as Wynne's Dragoons (in 1689) to the present day'']  by Walter Temple Willcox 1908 Archive.org
== References ==
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[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]

Revision as of 09:33, 19 December 2011

Also known as 5th (or Royal Irish) Lancers

Chronology

  • 1689 raised in Enniskillen as James Wynne's Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 formally titled the 5th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1788 renamed the 5th Royal Irish Dragoons
  • 1799 suspected of treachery and disbanded
  • 1858 reformed as the 5th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1861 renamed the 5th (or Royal Irish) Lancers
  • 1922 amalgamated with the 16th The Queen's Lancers to become 16th/5th 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

  • 1864 India
  • 1888 Meerut
  • 1894 Muttra
  • 1919 Risalpur
  • 1921 Risalpur

On 1 August 1874, as the regiment was returning to England, 1 sergeant and 6 men transferred to the 13th Hussars [1]

External Links

Historical books online

References