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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers 17th/21st Lancers] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Royal_Lancers Queens Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
*[http://www.qrlassociationqrlnymuseum.co.uk/m_home.htm The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum] at Thoresby Park, 22 miles north of Nottingham. Covers the [[5th Dragoons|5th]], [[16th (The Queen's) Lancers|16th]], 17th, and [[21st Hussars|21st Lancers]]**[http://www.qrlassociationqrlnymuseum.co.uk/m_history_17enquiries.htm HistoryHistorical Enquiries and Research]. The Archives are located at Lancer House inside Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham**[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/17l.htm The 17th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers]**[http://www.qrlassociationqrlnymuseum.co.uk/m_history_17211721l.htm History: The 17th/21st Lancers]
*Catalogue entry from the [http://www.freemasonry.london.museum/catalogue.php catalogue] of the Library and Museum Charitable Trust of the United Grand Lodge of England [http://62.244.182.221/EOSWeb/OPAC/TitleView/CompleteDisplay.aspx?FromOPAC=true&DbCode=0&PatronCode=0&Language=british&RwSearchCode=0&WordHits=india&BibCodes=17660364 Account books of Lodge held in the Seventeenth Regiment Light Dragoons, No. 361] Locations in India where the Lodge met include: Fort William, Calcutta, from 1808; Surat, Gujarat, Bombay, from 1809; Kaira (Kheda), Gujarat, from 1812; Camp Rajoo, Eastern banks of River and Camp Veerannganum, in 1820; Kaira (Kheda), Gujarat, from 1821; Bombay, in December 1822.
*This [http://www.throughtheireyes2.co.uk/17th-21st-LANCERS-INDIA-1939.html link] briefly indicates in 1930 the 17th/21st Lancers were posted to Meerut India . They became a mechanised regiment in 1938 when they took delivery of light tanks. At that time the regiment appears to have been in the North West Frontier region. Also includes a few photographs, including light tanks, from a photo album belonging to ‘Buck’ Boyd of the 17th/21st Lancers .The album dates 1937-1939 and covers his service in India and North West Frontier territory. www.throughtheireyes2.co.uk
