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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118151132/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D05L.htm 5th Royal Irish Lancers] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118151132/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D05L.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site. | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118151132/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D05L.htm 5th Royal Irish Lancers] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118151132/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D05L.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site. | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071007121935/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D16-5L.htm 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071024085822/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d16-5L.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, an archived site | |||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars_(The_Queen%27s_Own_and_Royal_Irish) Queen's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars_(The_Queen%27s_Own_and_Royal_Irish) Queen's Royal Irish Hussars] Wikipedia | ||
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Revision as of 03:04, 3 August 2013
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
On 1 August 1874, as the regiment was returning to England, 1 sergeant and 6 men transferred to the 13th Hussars [1]
External Links
- 5th Royal Irish Lancers including deployments www.regiments.org, an archived site.
- 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers including deployments www.regiments.org, an archived site
- 5th Royal Irish Lancers Wikipedia
- Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Wikipedia
- The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum. Covers the 5th, 16th, 17th, and 21st Lancers
Historical books online
- 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
- ↑ The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884 pinetreeweb.com