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***WW2Talk Forum [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/27104-17th21st-lancers-photo-album thread] about this photo album, with some images, (which are only available to [[Mailing lists#Military| logged in members ]] of WW2Talk Forum)
*[http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12065-wd-number-query-and-excellent-vehicle-photographs/?p=132298 Photograph of Bedale , a 17th/21st Lancers Mark VI B Light Tank India Pattern with crew] c 1938-39 , part of a WW2 Forum [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12065-wd-number-query-and-excellent-vehicle-photographs/?p=132031 thread] which contains additional images but you must be logged into the Forum to view them.
→Service in British India: fix link
*'''1909''' [[Sialkot]]
In 1884 due to the return of the [[13th Hussars]] to England, 5 privates transferred to the 17th Lancers<ref> [httphttps://www.pinetreeweb.com/13th-afghan-war.htm html The 13th Hussars in India & Afghanistan 1874-1884] pinetreeweb.com</ref>
== External Links ==
*[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/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
**[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]
*[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
*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
*[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
*[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]
**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
== References ==
