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The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1715. It saw service for three centuries, ... During the Second Boer War, ...
First Boer War: Elandsfontein [27] Henry D'Arcy: Frontier Light Horse: 3 July 1879: Anglo-Zulu War: White Umfolozi River [28] Patrick Donohoe: 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers: 28 September 1857: Indian Mutiny: Bolandshahr [29] John Doogan: 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards: 28 January 1881: First Boer War: Laing's Nek [27] Alexis Doxat: Imperial Yeomanry ...
After home service in Britain and Ireland his regiment, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, was posted to South Africa in 1896, and on to India in 1898, though Campbell seems to have spent some of this period in the United Kingdom. The regiment returned to South Africa following the outbreak of the Second Boer War, during
By this time, the 9th Lancers were on active service in the Second Boer War. [14] The regiment formed part of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade [ 14 ] and took part in the battles of Modder River (28 November 1899) and Magersfontein (10-11 December 1899), Relief of Kimberley and Battle of Paardeberg . [ 8 ]
The Battle of Belmont was an engagement of the Second Boer War on 23 November 1899, where the British under Lord Methuen assaulted a Boer position on Belmont kopje. Methuen's three brigades were on their way to raise the Boer siege of Kimberley. A Boer force of about 2,000 men had entrenched on the range of Belmont kopje to delay their advance.
9th (Welsh) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry; 9th Queen's Royal Lancers; 10th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 11th (Lancashire) Brigade; 12th (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; 12th Royal Lancers; 13th (Irish) Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry; 14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 16th The Queen's Lancers; 18th (Sharpshooters) Battalion ...
Grenfell's gravestone in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery. Grenfell was 33 years old, and a captain in the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed during the action of Elouges took place for which he was awarded the VC.
He joined the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers in 1872, and was promoted to Captain in March, 1878. He served with the 9th Lancers in the Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1878-80, and was present at the capture of Ali Masjid, in the affair at Siah Sung where he was severely wounded. He also took part in the operations around Kabul in December 1879 and was ...