17th Lancers

Also known as 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)
• 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

• 1808 India
• 1815 Cutch
• 1816 3rd Maratha War
• 1818 India
• 1820 Cutch
• 1857 Indian Mutiny
• 1859 Sholapore
• 1860 Secunderabad
• 1879 Mhow
• 1882 Lucknow
• 1905 Meerut
• 1909 Sialkot

External Links

17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) www.regiments.org
17th Lancers Wikipedia
17th/21st Lancers Wikipedia
Queens Royal Lancers Wikipedia

Historical books Online

Historical record of the Third, or the King’s Own Regiment of Light Dragoons: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1846 by Richard Cannon 1847 Archive.org . India Service commenced page 88 in 1837