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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 Royal Lancers are part of the 3rd (UK) Division.
Artist's impression of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743.. The Life Guards grew from the four troops of Horse Guards (exclusively formed of gentlemen-troopers until the transformation of the last two remaining troops into Regiments of Life Guards in 1788) [1] [2] raised by Charles II around the time of his restoration, plus two troops of Horse Grenadier Guards ...
The 1st Regiment of Life Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.It was formed in 1788 by the union of the 1st Troop of Horse Guards and 1st Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards.
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]
This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms.It also indicates the cavalry amalgamations that would take place forty years later as part of the Government cuts of the early 1920s.
The collection has its origins in the Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum which was established at Belvoir Castle in 1964. [1] After the lease at Belvoir Castle expired in October 2007, the trustees of the collection sought funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to finance a move to Thoresby Hall where the Stonebridge Trust, which manages the courtyard there, offered a 25 year lease. [2]
She was appointed the Colonel-in-Chief to the 16th/5th Lancers, which preceded the Royal Lancers, in 1947 when she was just 21 years old. Ian Forsyth – WPA Pool/Getty Images
A troop of 12th Royal Lancers exercising with Lanchester 6×4 armoured cars in 1938. In 1921 the regiment was re-titled the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's). [1] In 1928, it gave up its horses and was equipped with armoured cars, taking over vehicles left in Egypt by two Royal Tank Corps armoured car units, the 3rd and 5th Companies. [28]