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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 the 17th/21st Lancers. Perhaps its most famous engagement was the Battle of Omdurman , where Winston Churchill (then an officer of the 4th Hussars ), rode with the unit.
These were the 7th Hussars, 14th Hussars, and the 21st Lancers. [24] When the two hussar regiments left for the Mesopotamia Campaign in 1915, only one regiment, the 21st Lancers, remained. They did, however, see action on the North West Frontier, winning one of the eight Victoria Crosses awarded to British cavalrymen during the war. [72] [nb 7]
The 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 1922 and, after service in the Second World War , it amalgamated with the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers in 1993.
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
12th Lancers 3/1st City of London Yeomanry 3/1st County of London Yeomanry B Sqn composed mainly of a draft of 160 NCOs and men from 3/1st Welsh Horse Yeomanry: Absorbed into 1st, 1917 7th: Tidworth: 9th Lancers 21st Lancers 3/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry 3/1st Berkshire Yeomanry: Absorbed into 1st, 1917 8th: The Curragh: 16th Lancers ...
This is a list of numbered Regiments of Cavalry of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1922 when various amalgamations were implemented. The Life Guards were formed following the end of the English Civil War as troops of Life Guards between 1658 and 1659. [1]
16th The Queen's Lancers; 17th Lancers; 21st Lancers; 1st Regiment of Life Guards; ... This page was last edited on 19 February 2024, at 07:21 (UTC).
He was eventually seconded to the RFC, and appointed a flying officer (observer) on 10 October 1916, with seniority from 21 August 1916. [4] Later he travelled to Egypt where he trained to be a pilot, being appointed a flying officer on 11 April 1917, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and was posted to France to serve in No. 56 Squadron , alongside aces James ...