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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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The Queen's
Royal Lancers |
| regimental crest |
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1993.06.25 | The Queen's
Royal Lancers formed by amalgamation of 16th/5th The Queens' Royal Lancers, and 17th/21st Lancers with sabre squadrons named for predecessor regiments: |
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The Queen's Royal Lancers (Regimental site) | |
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The Queen's Royal Lancers (Army site) | |
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The Queen's Royal Lancers (Museum & Association site) | |
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Deployment and Service | |
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The Queens' Royal Lancers, by Glenvil Roberts | |
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Brief History of the Regiment (Army site) | |
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The 5th Royal Irish Lancers Today, by Ciaran Byrne | |
| RHQ and Depot: | ||
| Home HQ: Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham (1993-present) | ||
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| Recruiting Area: Staffordshire, West Midlands , Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, South Humberside (1993-present) | ||
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[combined battle honours of 16th/5th The Queens' Royal Lancers, and 17th/21st Lancers, plus:] |
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| Badges: | Cap badge:
"Death's Head or Glory" (known in the regiment as the "motto"),
inherited from 17th/21st Lancers Collar Badge: inherited from 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers Buttons: inherited from 16/5 QRL |
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| Uniform: | headdress:
No. 1 Dress cap: scarlet with blue piping tunic: blue with white gorget patch overalls & trousers: blue, two white stripes Accoutrements: crimped lance pennons, inherited from 16/5 QRL |
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| 1993.09.26 | HM Queen Elizabeth II | |
| Deputy Colonel in Chief: | ||
| 1993.09.26 | HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Angus Ogilvy, LG, GCVO | |
| 1993.06.25 | Maj-Gen. Alastair Wesley Dennis, CB, OBE [from 16/5 Lancers] | |
| 1995.11.01 | Lt-Gen. Sir Richard Swinburn, KCB | |
| 2001.05.14 | Brig. William James Hurrell, CBE | |
| 2006.05.14 | Maj-Gen. Andrew Alexander John Rennie Cumming, CBE | |
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[no external sites have been found] | |
| Motto: | Aut cursu, aut cominus armis; Or Glory | |
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| Anniversaries: | Aliwal (28 Jan.), Khartoum (3 Sep.), Balaklava (25 Oct.) | |
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| Marches: | quick: Stable
Jacket slow: Omdurman |
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12th/16th Hunter River Lancers | 1993-present | |
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HMS Ark Royal | ||
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The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry | 1993-present | |
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The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) | 1993-1999 | |
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The Queen's Royal Lancers Association (Museum & Association site) | |
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The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum, Belvoir Castle, Grantham (Museum site) | |
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The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum, Belvoir Castle, Grantham (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum, Grantham (Simonides listing) | |
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