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Also known as '''16th The Queen's Lancers'''
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Also known as '''17th (Light) Dragoons''' and '''17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)'''
 
== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
 
*'''1759''' raised by  Colonel John Hale as Hale's Light Horse known as the 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
 
*'''1759''' raised by  Colonel John Hale as Hale's Light Horse known as the 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
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*'''1769''' renumbered again as the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
 
*'''1769''' renumbered again as the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
 
*'''1822''' renamed the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
 
*'''1822''' renamed the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
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*'''1861''' renamed the '''17th Regiment of Lancers'''
 
*'''1921''' retitled as the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
 
*'''1921''' retitled as the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
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*'''1922''' amalgamated with the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) to form the 17th/21st Lancers
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*'''1922''' amalgamated with the [[21st Hussars|21st Lancers (Empress of India's)]] to form the 17th/21st Lancers
 
*'''1993''' amalgamated with the 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers
 
*'''1993''' amalgamated with the 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers
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== Service in British India ==
 
== Service in British India ==
 
*'''1808''' India
 
*'''1808''' India
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*'''1905''' [[Meerut]]  
 
*'''1905''' [[Meerut]]  
 
*'''1909''' [[Sialkot]]  
 
*'''1909''' [[Sialkot]]  
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In 1884 due to the return of the [[13th Hussars]] to England, 5 privates transferred to the 17th Lancers<ref>  [https://www.pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.html The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>
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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://web.archive.org/web/20071216005411/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d17.htm 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)] www.regiments.org<br>  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Lancers 17th Lancers] Wikipedia<br>[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
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071216005411/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/d17.htm 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)] www.regiments.org<br>   
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Lancers 17th Lancers] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers 17th/21st Lancers] Wikipedia<br>  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Royal_Lancers Queens Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
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*[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk The Queen's Royal Lancers 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]]
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**[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/enquiries.htm Historical Enquiries and Research]. The Archives are located at Lancer House inside Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham
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**[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/17l.htm The 17th Lancers]
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**[http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/1721l.htm The 17th/21st Lancers]
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*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.
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*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
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**[http://c0728562.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/MI1666_HR.JPG two photographs from this album] from [http://www.tennants.co.uk/Catalogue/Lots/57460.aspx www.tennants.co.uk]
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rRb6B7g_pdUC&pg=PA176 Page 176] ''The Conservatism of the British Cavalry and Its Effect on the British Army'' by Michael L. Waller Preview Google Books, refers to the receipt of the regiment’s first motor vehicle in 1938, in India
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*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000943  1977 interview with John Stanley Vincent Marling and Arthur Lawrence], British officer and NCO who both served with 17th/21st Lancers in India 1932-1938. Imperial War Museums
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*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000940 1977 interview with Robert Lifford Valentine ffrench Blake] British officer served with 17th/21st Lancers in India, 1933-1939. Imperial War Museums
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*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80000956 1977 interview with Thomas Wentworth Nickalls], British officer served with 17th/21st Lancers in India, 1933-1939. Imperial War Museums
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====Historical Books Online====
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01canngoog#page/n15/mode/1up ''Historical Record of the Seventeenth Regiment of Light Dragoons, Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1759, and of its subsequent services to 1841''] 1841.  Archive.org. Indian Service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor01canngoog#page/n68/mode/1up/ page 54] in 1808 in Calcutta
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorythlance00fortgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)''] by Hon. J.W. Fortescue 1895 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/ahistorythlance00fortgoog#page/n265/mode/1up List of officers 1759-1894]
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**Volume II ''A History of the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own), 1895-1924'' by Major Gilbert  Micholls 1931 is available at the [[British Library]] together with  Volume III by Lt.-Col.  R. L. V. ffrench Blake, published 1962, titled  ''A History of the 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1959''. UIN: BLL01001095911
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Latest revision as of 04:49, 14 June 2018

Also known as 17th (Light) Dragoons and 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)

Chronology

  • 1759 raised by Colonel John Hale as Hale's Light Horse known as the 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1761 renumbered as the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1766 renumbered again as the 3rd Regiment of Light Dragoons
  • 1769 renumbered again as the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
  • 1822 renamed the 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)
  • 1861 renamed the 17th Regiment of Lancers
  • 1921 retitled as the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
  • 1922 amalgamated with the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) to form the 17th/21st Lancers
  • 1993 amalgamated with the 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers

Service in British India

In 1884 due to the return of the 13th Hussars to England, 5 privates transferred to the 17th Lancers[1]

External Links

Historical Books Online

References

  1. ↑ The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884 pinetreeweb.com

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