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*'''1890''' [[Lucknow]]
*'''1897''' [[Umballa]]
*'''1897''' [[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier]]
Due to the return of the 16th Lancers to England, on 1 November 1875 2 privates transferred to the [[13th Hussars]]<ref> [http://pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.htm The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>
*"Boy Soldier to Lancer: John Arnfield in the Anglo -Sikh Wars" by Ainslie Sharpe ''FIBIS Journal Number 26 Autumn 2011'', pages 31-40 For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:John Arnfield transferred from the [[3rd Regiment of Foot]], the Buffs 1 April 1840, age 20 possibly because his sister had married a sergeant in the 16th Lancers at Meerut in 1838. He served in the [[Gwalior Campaign]] and the [[1st Sikh War]] He remained with the regiment in India until it returned to England, when he transferred to the [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th Lancers]] 1 April 1846
*[http://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/26 FIBIS Gallery: Sidney Malins Collection] Sidney Malins played trombone in the Regimental band of the 16th Lancers. He was in India from 26th November 1920-20th March 1924
== Recommended Reading ==
''Three Cheers for the Queen—Lancers Queen-Lancers Charge! ''By by W. J. Gould. (The Experiences of a Sergeant of 16th Queen’s Lancers in Afghanistan, the Gwalior War, the First Sikh War and the Kaffir War). Available from the available as a current reprint by [http://www.newleonaur.fibisco.org/products-pageuk/3-other-books-about-colonial-india/military-history/bkx-0087-lancers-charge-3-cheers-for-booknumber.php?bookid=538 Leonaur]. Also available online under the-queen/ FIBIS Shop]original title, see below.
== External Links ==
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043259/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D16L.htm 16th The Queen's Lancers] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118043621/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d16.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, now an archived website
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071007121935/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D16-5L.htm 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071024085822/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d16-5L.htm deployments] www.regiments.org, now an archived website
*[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_home.htm The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum]. Covers the [[5th Dragoons|5th]], 16th, [[17th Dragoons|17th]], and [[21st Hussars|21st Lancers]]
**[http://www.qrlassociation.co.uk/m_history_16.htm History: 16th The Queen's Lancers]
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