12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

Also known as the 12th Royal Lancers

Chronology

• 1715 raised as Phineas Bowles's Regiment of Dragoons
• 1751 became the 12th Regiment of Dragoons
• 1768 became the 12th Prince of Wales's Regiment of Light Dragoons
• 1816 became the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
• 1817 became the 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
• 1921 became the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
• 1960 amalgamated with the 9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers to form the 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

• 12th Royal Lancers(Prince of Wales's) www.regiments.org
  
• 12th Royal Lancers Wikipedia
• 9th/12th Royal Lancers Wikipedia