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====Historical Books Online====
====Historical Books Online====
*[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
*[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
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorythlance00fortgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)''] by Hon. J.W. Fortescue 1895 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorythlance00fortgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)''] by Hon. J.W. Fortescue 1895 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorythlance00fortgoog#page/n265/mode/1up List of officers 1759-1894]  
*''A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)''] by Hon. J.W. Fortescue 1895 [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorythlance00fortgoog#page/n265/mode/1up List of officers 1759-1894] Archive.org


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Revision as of 16:35, 19 May 2012

Also known as 17th (Light) Dragoons and 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)
  • 1861 renamed the 17th Regiment of 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

In 1884 due to the return of the 13th Hussars to England, 5 privates transferred to the 17th Lancers[1]

External Links

Historical Books Online

References