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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Royal_Lancers 12th Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Royal_Lancers 12th Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers 9th/12th Royal Lancers] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers 9th/12th Royal Lancers] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.derby.gov.uk/LeisureCulture/MuseumsGalleries/TheRegimentalMuseumofthe9th12thLancers.htm The Regimental Museum] of the [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th]] and 12th Lancers
*[http://www.derbymuseums.org/other-galleries/ The Soldier’s Story at Derby Museums] tells the stories of soldiers from three regiments; the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, the Sherwood Foresters (now part of the Mercian Regiment) and the Derbyshire Yeomanry.
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/onlinelists/GB1609%20912L.pdf Catalogue of regimental records] for the [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th]] and 12th Lancers available at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery


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[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]
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Revision as of 12:03, 8 February 2013

Also known as the 12th Light Dragoons

Chronology

  • 1715 raised as Phineas Bowles's Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1751 became the 12th Regiment of Dragoons
  • 1768 became the 12th Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1816 became the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
  • 1817 became the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
  • 1861 became the 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
  • 1921 became the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
  • 1960 amalgamated with the 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers to form the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)

Service in British India

In 1884 due to the return of the 13th Hussars to England, 2 privates transferred to the 12th Lancers [1]

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