9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers
Also known as the Delhi Spearmen.
Chronology
- 1715 raised by Major-General Owen Wynne as the 9th Dragoons or "Wynne's Dragoons"
- 1783 became the 9th Light Dragoons
- 1816 became the 9th Lancers
- 1830 became the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
- 1921 became the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
- 1953 merged with 12th Royal Lancers and became 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
Service in British India
- 1841 India
- 1843 Gwalior Campaign
- 1845 1st Sikh War
- 1848 2nd Sikh War
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1875 India
- 1878 2nd Afghan War
- 1881 Umballa
- 1898 Punjab
- 1902 Rawalpindi
External Links
Historical Books Online
- Historical record of the Ninth, or the Queen’s Royal Regiment of Light Dragoons; Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1715, and of its subsequent services to 1841 Google Books 1841
- Journal of a cavalry officer: including the memorable Sikh campaign of 1845-46 by William Wellington Waterloo Humbley, Captain 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers 1854 Google Books
- With H.M. 9th Lancers during the Indian Mutiny. The letters of Brevet-major O.H.S.G. Anson 1896 Archive.org
Other
- 9th Queen's Royal Lancers including deployments www.regiments.org, an archived site.
- 9th Lancers Wikipedia
- 9th Lancers armynavyairforce.co.uk
- The Regimental Museum of the 9th and 12th Lancers