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created 15 July 2002. Corrected and updated
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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
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Colour Key
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| 1715.07.22 | Phineas
Bowles's Regiment of Dragoons raised at Reading (recruited in Berkshire and adjoining counties) |
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| 1715 | England | ||
| 1718 | Ireland | ||
| 1742 | Ireland | ||
| 1748 | Ireland | ||
| 1751.07.01 | 12th Regiment of Dragoons | ||
| 1756 | Ireland | ||
| 1763 | Ireland | ||
| 1768 | 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons | ||
| 1793 | Mediterranean | ||
| 1794 | Papal States: Rome | ||
| 1795 | England | ||
| 1797 | Portugal: Lisbon | ||
| 1800 | ? | ||
| 1801 | Egypt | ||
| 1802 | England | ||
| 1803 | Ireland | ||
| 1805 | England | ||
| 1809 | Holland: Walcheren campaign | ||
| 1810 | England | ||
| 1811 | at sea | ||
| 1811.07.25 | Portugal | ||
| 1811 | Peninsular war | Slade Bde | |
| 1814.05 | France | ||
| 1814.07 | at sea (embarked at Calais) | ||
| 1814.07 | England: Dover | ||
| 1815.04 | Belgium: Ostend | ||
| 1815.06 | Waterloo campaign | 4 Cav Bde | |
| 1815.07 | France | Army of Occupation | |
| 1816.09.30 | 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers) | ||
| 181.11 | at sea (embarked at Calais?) | ||
| 1818.11 | England | ||
| 1820 | Ireland | ||
| 1824 | England | ||
| 1826.12 | Portugal (2 sqns) | ||
| 1828.07? | England | ||
| 1829 | Scotland | ||
| 1830 | Ireland | ||
| 1833 | England | ||
| <1838.06> | London | ||
| 1841 | Ireland | ||
| 1843 | Scotland | ||
| 1843 | England | ||
| 1848 | Ireland | ||
| 1851 | England | ||
| 1851 | Cape Colony | ||
| 1851 | Kaffir war | ||
| 1853 | South Africa | ||
| 1854 | India: Madras | ||
| 1855 | Egypt | in transit | |
| 1855 | Crimea | ||
| 1856 | England | ||
| 1857 | India | ||
| 1857 | Sepoy rebellion: Central India | ||
| 1858 | India | ||
| 1860 | England | ||
| 1865 | Ireland | ||
| 1861.08.17 | 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of Lancers | ||
| 1870 | England | ||
| 1877 | India | ||
| <1881> | Bangalore | ||
| 1887.11.24 | England | ||
| 1887.11. | England: Colchester | ||
| 1891 | Manchester | ||
| 1893 | Scotland: Edinburgh | ||
| 1895 | Ballincollig | ||
| 1897 | England: Aldershot | ||
| 1899.10 | at sea | ships: City of Vienna, Mohawk | |
| 1899.11.16 | South Africa | ||
| 1900.02 | South Africa | 2 Cav Bde | |
| 1902 | India: Umballa | ||
| 1907 | Sialkot | ||
| 1911 | South Africa | ||
| 1913 | England: Norwich | ||
| 1914.08 | France and Flanders | 5 Cav Bde, 2 Cav Div, BEF | |
| 1919 | Ireland: Curragh | ||
| 1921.01.01 | 12th Royal Lancers (The Prince of Wales's) | ||
| 1923 | England: Tidworth | 2 Cav Bde | |
| 1926 | Hounslow | ||
| 1927 | Egypt | ||
| 1928 | mechanised (armoured cars) | ||
| 1934 | England: Tidworth | ||
| 1935 | Germany: Saar [composite sqn] | International Force supervising plebiscite | |
| 1937 | England: Aldershot | ||
| 1939.09 | France | Corps Troops, BEF | |
| 1940.06 | UK | ||
| 1940.11 | UK | recce regt, 1 Armd Div | |
| 1941.11 | Middle East | ||
| 1942.07 | Middle East | 4 Armd Bde | |
| 1942.10 | Middle East | recce regt, 1 Armd Div | |
| 1944.05 | Italy | Corps Troops | |
| 1945 | Italy | ||
| 1946 | UK | RAC Training Regiment | |
| 1951 | |||
| 1955.01 | Germany: Herford | BAOR | |
| 1956.03 | Germany: Wolfenbüttel | BAOR | |
| 1959.01 | ? | ||
| 1960.09.11 | amalgamated with 9th Queen's Royal Lancers (The Prince of Wales's), to form 9th/12th Queen's Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) | ||
