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17th Lancers

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Also known as '''16th The Queen's Lancers'''
== Chronology ==
*'''1759''' raised by Colonel John Hale as Hale's Light Horse known as the 16th 18th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons*'''17661761''' renamed renumbered as the 2nd (or The Queen's) 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons*'''17691766''' renamed renumbered again as the 16th (The Queen's) 3rd Regiment of (Light) Dragoons*'''18161769''' renamed renumbered again as the 16th (The Queen's) 17th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)*'''18611822''' became renamed the 16th 17th Regiment of (The Queen'sLight) Dragoons (Lancers)*'''1921''' retitled as the 16th The Queen17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's LancersOwn)*'''1922''' amalgamated with the [[5th Dragoons|5th Royal Irish 21st Lancers]] (Empress of India's) to form the 16th17th/5th The Queen's Royal 21st Lancers*'''19541993''' became amalgamated with the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers*'''1993''' amalgamated with the 17th/21st Lancers to form The the Queen's Royal Lancers
== Service in British India ==
*'''1822''' India
*'''1897''' [[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns 1849-1908|North West Frontier]]
== 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/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers 16th Queen's 17th_Lancers 17th Lancers] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th17th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers 16th21st_Lancers 17th/5th The Queen's Royal 21st Lancers] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers Queen's s_Royal_Lancers Queens Royal Lancers] Wikipedia
[[Category:British Army Cavalry Regiments]]

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