Difference between revisions of "16th (The Queen's) Lancers"

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Also known as 16th The Queen's Lancers

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

== External Links ==

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 *'''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 ==
-== External Links ==
+*'''1822''' India
+*'''1825''' [[:Category:Jat War 1825-26|Jat War]]
+*'''1839''' [[:Category:1st Afghan War|1st Afghan War]]
+*'''1843''' Gwalior
+*'''1844''' Meerut
+*'''1845''' [[:Category:1st Sikh War|1st Sikh War]]
+*'''1865''' India
+*'''1890''' Lucknow
+*'''1897''' Umballa
+*'''1897''' [[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier]]
+ == External Links ==
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers 16th Queen's Lancers] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers Queen's Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
 [[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]