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The 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army first formed in 1715. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War. The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces, but was slated for reduction in the 1957 Defence White Paper, and was ...
9/12 L. The 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1960 by the amalgamation of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and the 12th Royal Lancers. In the later years of its existence, the regiment served as a formation reconnaissance regiment, equipped with the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance ...
After attending and graduating from the Staff College, Camberley, in 1919, [3] Blakiston-Houston went on to become commanding officer of the 12th Royal Lancers in September 1923, commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade in October 1927 and Chief Administration Officer, Northern Command in November 1931. [5] After that he became commandant of the ...
9th/12th Royal Lancers. Battles/wars. Operation Banner. Dhofar Rebellion. Bosnian War. Awards. Companion of the Order of the Bath. Major General Robin Vincent Searby, CB (born 20 July 1947) is a retired British Army officer who commanded the 5th Division from 1996 to 1999.
The Royal Lancers(Queen Elizabeths' Own) The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed by an amalgamation of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) and the Queen's Royal Lancers on 2 May 2015. It serves in the 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team.
The regiment's nickname, the 'Death or Glory Boys', came from their cap badge and was known as "the motto". [4] This was the combined cap badges of the two antecedent regiments, and features a pair of crossed lances, from the 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers, together with a skull and crossbones, below which is a ribbon containing the words 'Or Glory'.
Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Patrick Gilbert Crofton, 7th Baron Crofton (17 June 1951 – 25 November 2007) [1] was an Irish Peer and British Army officer. He was commissioned into the 9th/12th Royal Lancers and served as a lieutenant-colonel and defence attaché to the British Embassy in Angola.
In the 1940 campaign in France and Flanders, the 12th Royal Lancers was the sole armoured car regiment fielded by the British Expeditionary Force. [1] During the 1940 campaign, the 12th Lancers had an authorized strength of 38 armoured cars and about 380 men organised into a headquarters and three squadrons.