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*[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.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
**[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
*[http://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum] Contains a search facility for those who served in the 19th and 20th centuries and online regimental histories and journals, the latter  (at 2018/05) in the years 1909-1913, 1927-1930, and 1946 onwards.  
*[http://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum] Contains a search facility for those who served in the 19th and 20th centuries and online regimental histories and journals, the latter  (at 2019/04) in the years 1909-1913, 1927-1930, and 1946 onwards.  
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*''The History Of The XII Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s)'' by Captain P F Stewart  1950 is available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505984 pdf download], Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505984 Archive.org mirror version].
*''The History Of The XII Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s)'' by Captain P F Stewart  1950  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505984 Archive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India.
:This book is also available to read online on the 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website (refer above). Some pages may be slow to load.
:This book is also available to read online on the [https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1715-1945-stewart??collection=1740 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website] (refer above). Some pages may be slow to load.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1715-1936-sheppard??collection=1742 ''The Ninth Queens Royal Lancers 1715-1936''] by Major E W Sheppard 1939. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1936-1945-bright??collection=1737 ''9th Queen’s Royal Lancers 1936-1945. The Story of an Armoured Regiment in Battle''] edited by Joan Bright 1951. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1945-1960??collection=1738 ''Historical Record of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers 1945-1960''] 1993. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1945-1960-brockbank/38186 ''A Short History of the XII Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) 1945-1960''] by R Brockbank and  R M Collins 1991. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.
*[https://www.9th12thlancersmuseum.org/archive/journals/regimental-histories/regimental-histories-1960-1985-brockbank/38815  ''A Short History of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s)  1960-1985''] by Robin Brockbank 1990. 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website.


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Revision as of 07:54, 25 April 2019

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]

External links

Historical books online

  • The History Of The XII Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) by Captain P F Stewart 1950 Archive.org mirror version, originally from Digital Library of India.
This book is also available to read online on the 9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum website (refer above). Some pages may be slow to load.

References