21st Hussars

Also known as 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

Chronology

• 1858 raised as the 3rd Bengal European Light Cavalry for service in the Indian Mutiny
• 1860 renamed the 2nd Bengal European Cavalry
• 1862 formally moved into the British Army and titled the 21st Regiment of Hussars
• 1897 redesignated as the 21st Lancers
• 1898 renamed the 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
• 1921 renamed the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's)
• 1922 amalgamated with the 17th Lancers, 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

• 1858 Indian Mutiny
• 1862 India
• 1887 Madras
• 1889 Bangalore
• 1893 Secunderabad
• 1896 Egypt
• 1912 Rawalpindi
• 1914 Risalpur
• 1915 North West Frontier
• 1919 Meerut

External Links

21st Lancers www.regiments.org
21st Hussars Wikipedia
17th/21st Lancers Wikipedia
Queens Royal Lancers Wikipedia