16th (The Queen's) Lancers

Also known as 16th The Queen's Lancers

Chronology

• 1759 raised as the 16th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
• 1766 renamed the 2nd (or The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
• 1769 renamed the 16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
• 1816 renamed the 16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
• 1861 became the 16th (The Queen's) Lancers
• 1921 retitled as the 16th The Queen's Lancers
• 1922 amalgamated with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers to form the 16th/5th The 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

• 1822 India
• 1825 Jat War
• 1839 1st Afghan War
• 1843 Gwalior
• 1844 Meerut
• 1845 1st Sikh War
• 1865 India
• 1890 Lucknow
• 1897 Umballa
• 1897 North West Frontier

External Links

16th Queen's Lancers Wikipedia
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers Wikipedia
Queen's Royal Lancers Wikipedia

Online Books

Ten years in India, in the 16th Queen's Lancers by WJD Gould (1837-1846) Archive.org. In 1846 when the Regiment left India for England, those who wished to stay in India could transfer to either the 3rd Light Dragoons or the 9th Lancers page 108