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created 10 July 2002. Corrected and updated
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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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| 1922.04.11 | 16th/5th
Lancers formed at Lucknow by amalgamation of 16th The Queen's Lancers, and 5th Royal Irish Lancers |
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| 1922.04 | India: Lucknow | ||
| 1923 | Egypt | ||
| 1926 | England: Tidworth | ||
| 1928 | Hounslow | ||
| 1929 | Scotland: Edinburgh | ||
| 1931 | England: Tidworth | 2 Cav Bde | |
| 1934 | York | ||
| 1936 | Hounslow | ||
| 1937.11 | India: Secunderabad | ||
| 1939.09 | India: Secunderabad | ||
| 1940.03 | UK | ||
| 1940 | mechanised | ||
| 1940.06 | UK | 1 Motor MG Bde | |
| 1940.09 | UK | 26 Armd Bde, 6 Armd Div | |
| 1942.11 | Tunisia | ||
| 1944.03 | Italy | ||
| 1945.05 | Austria | ||
| 1945? | Germany | ||
| 1946 | Egypt | ||
| 1950.02 | Libya | ||
| 1953.01 | [Sudan (A Sqn)] | ||
| 1953.07 | Germany: Sennelager | ? Bde | |
| 1956.04 | Sennelager | 4 Bde | |
| 1954.06.06 | 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers | ||
| 1957 | England: Catterick | tank training regt | |
| 1959.04 | Germany: Osnabrück | 12 Bde | |
| 1964.01 | Hong Kong
(A Sqn) Aden & Bahrein (B & C Sqn rotating) |
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| 1964.12 | England: Tidworth (Aliwal Barracks) | tank | |
| 1968.01 | Germany: Fallingbostel | 11 Bde | |
| 1971.11 | Northern Ireland: Omagh | ||
| 1973.05 | England: Tidworth | Recce | |
| 1973 | Cyprus
(A Sqn) Cyprus (B Sqn) Hong Kong (C Sqn) |
UNFICYP | |
| 1974? | England: Tidworth | ||
| 1974.10 | Germany: Wolfenbüttel | I Corps (recce) | |
| 1977.01 | Germany: Wolfenbüttel | 1 Armd Div (recce) | |
| 1980.11 | England: Bovington | RAC Centre Regt | |
| 1983.01 | England: Tidworth | 1 Inf Bde (recce) | |
| 1983.12 | (Lebanon: Beirut (A Sqn)) | MNF (BRITFORLEB) | |
| 1984.03 | England: Tidworth | 1 Inf Bde (recce) | |
| 1986.11 | Germany: Herford | 4 Armd Div (recce) | |
| 1990.09 | (Persian Gulf) | ||
| 1991.04 | Germany: Herford | 4 Armd Div (recce) | |
| 1991.07 | Germany: Wimbish | 19 Inf Bde (recce) | |
| 1993.06.25 | amalgamated with 17th/21st Lancers, to form The Queen's Royal Lancers | ||
