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Historical books online
===Historical books online===
*''Historical record of the Sixteenth, or the Queen’s Regiment of Light Dragoons; Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1759, and of its subsequent services to 1841'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=BSzeKu_CFjkC Google Books] 1842 Indian service commenced [http://books.google.com/books?id=BSzeKu_CFjkC&pg=PA87 page 87] in 1822
*[https://archive.org/details/history16thlancers/page/n7/mode/2up ''History of the Sixteenth, the Queen's, Light Dragoons (Lancers), 1759 to 1912''] by Colonel Henry Graham 1912 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/historyofsixteen00grah/page/n5/mode/2up ''History of the Sixteenth, the Queen's Light Dragoons (Lancers) 1912-1925''] by Colonel Henry Graham 1926. Archive.org. During this period the regiment was in India late 1920 to early 1924.
*[http://www.archive.org/details/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft ''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 The King's Own Hussars|3rd Light Dragoons]] or the [[9th (The Queen's Royal) Lancers|9th Lancers]] ([http://www.archive.org/stream/tenyearsinindiai00gouluoft#page/108/mode/2up page 108]).
*''Military service and adventures in the Far East: including sketches of the campaigns against the Afghans in 1839 and the Sikhs in 1845-6'' by Capt. Daniel Henry Mackinnon, late of the 16th Lancers, 2nd edition 1849 [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CucwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP3 ''Volume 1''], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=zJ-P21_amTEC&pg=PP9 ''Volume 2''] Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/frontiercampaign00dunmrich ''A Frontier Campaign; a Narrative of the Operations of the Malakand and Buner Field Forces, 1897-1898''] by the Viscount Fincastle, Lieutenant, 16th (Queen’s) Lancers and PC Eliott- Lockhart, Lieutenant “Queen’s Own” Corps of Guides 2nd Edition 1898 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/soldieringonbein0000goug/page/n7/mode/2up ''Soldiering on : being the memoirs of General Sir Hubert Gough''] 1957, first published 1954. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. He became an officer of the 16th Lancers 5 March 1889, aged eighteen and a half. The regiment went to India in September 1890, where he remained until c 1898, having recently taken part in the [[Tirah Campaign]] as a transport officer, appointed on a personal basis, as the regiment was not part of this campaign. He appears to have left the regiment at this point.
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofsixteen00grah/page/n5/mode/2up ''History of the Sixteenth, the Queen's Light Dragoons (Lancers) 1912-1925''] by Colonel Henry Graham 1926. Archive.org. During this period the regiment was in India late 1920 to early 1924.
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