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    The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1759 and notable for its participation in the Charge of...
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  • 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers in...
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  • The 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1858 and amalgamated with the 17th Lancers in 1922 to form...
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  • precedence after the 17th Lancers. After service in the Second World War and the Gulf War, the regiment amalgamated with the 17th/21st Lancers to form the Queen's...
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    form the Royal Lancers. The regiment was formed in 1993 by the amalgamation of the 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers with the 17th/21st Lancers. From its formation...
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    British cavalry, which consisted of the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, the 17th Lancers, and the 8th and 11th Hussars, under the command of Major General James...
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    15th Lancers (Baloch) is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 17th Cavalry and the 37th Lancers (Baluch...
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    Lancer (redirect from Lancers)
    lancers were amongst the last European units to abandon their armour. There was debate over the value of the lance in mounted combat during the 17th and...
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    Officer: Major General Frederick Marshall. 1st King's Dragoon Guards. 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own). Commanding Officer: Brigadier General Sir...
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    in 1849. 13th Lancers is successor to the 1st and 2nd Native Troops of Bombay Cavalry, raised in 1804 and 1816 respectively. 15th Lancers is successor...
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    Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (category 17th Lancers officers)
    command of the 17th Lancers, but Roberts, now Commander-in-Chief back in Britain, overruled him and gave it to Haig (May 1901). As the 17th Lancers were in South...
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    Light Dragoons, the 17th Lancers, and the 11th Hussars, formed the first line (the latter regiment was soon moved behind the Lancers to reduce the width...
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    British Army's Royal Lancers continue to use the skull and crossbones in their emblem, inherited from its use by the 17th Lancers, a unit raised in 1759...
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    Grenadier Guards The Bill Browns - Grenadier Guards Bingham's Dandies – 17th Lancers (The commanding officer, Lord Bingham (later Earl of Lucan) spent a fortune...
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  • Bengal Lancers 6th Bengal Lancers 7th Lancers 8th Lancers 10th Bengal Lancers 11th Bengal Lancers 13th Bengal Lancers 14th Bengal Lancers 17th Bengal...
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    John Berryman (VC) (category 17th Lancers soldiers)
    England, Berriman was 29 years old, and a Troop Sergeant-Major in the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) during the Crimean War when the following deed...
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    Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (category 17th Lancers officers)
    Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), he was appointed substantive lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Light Dragoons on 15 April 1842 and colonel of the 17th Lancers...
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    The 19th Lancers is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. Before 1956, it was known as 19th King George V's Own Lancers, which was a regular cavalry...
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    Michael Murphy (VC) (category 17th Lancers soldiers)
    army career. On 27 August 1855, Murphy enlisted in the 17th Lancers at Cork. The 17th Lancers, however, were still at the Crimean War, having lost most...
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    The 13th Lancers is an armoured regiment of Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1923 as 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers by the amalgamation of 31st Duke...
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    after the 17th Lancers. It was immediately converted into a lancer regiment and titled 5th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Dragoons (Lancers). In 1861,...
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    Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (category 17th Lancers officers)
    was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the 17th Lancers, the regiment of his maternal uncle, the Duke of Cambridge, who was the...
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    Roger Goldsworthy (category 17th Lancers officers)
    mentioned in dispatches. In 1859 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 17th Lancers. He resigned in 1866. From 1868 to 1870, Goldsworthy was Inspector General...
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    William Morris (British Army officer) (category 17th Lancers officers)
    Crimea, only joining the army besieging Sebastopol in October, where the 17th Lancers were also present as part of the Light Cavalry Brigade. Their commanding...
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    supply of ammunition, we're done for". The British were C Squadron of the 17th Lancers. The Boers took advantage of a mist to encircle the British camp. When...
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    The 6th Lancers is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. Previously, it was known as the 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse), and...
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    Thomas Gage (category 17th Lancers officers)
    for a possible French invasion. The next year, Gage assumed command of the 17th Light Dragoons. He was promoted to full general on 20 November 1782, and...
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    (Wales's Horse), and the 2nd Sikh Irregular Cavalry, both raised in 1857. 6th Lancers is the successor to The Rohilkhand Horse raised in 1857, and the 4th Sikh...
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    Charles Wooden (category 17th Lancers soldiers)
    during the Crimean War. He was 25 years old, and a sergeant-major in the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own), British Army. On 26 October 1854, in the Crimea...
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    George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (category 17th Lancers officers)
    promoted to major, unattached, on 23 June 1825. He transferred to the 17th Lancers on 1 December 1825 and became commanding officer of the regiment with...
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