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

9th Queen's Royal Lancers www.regiments.org

• 9th Lancers Wikipedia
• 9th Lancers armynavyairforce.co.uk