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16th/5th
The Queen's Royal Lancers |
crest and tie
by A. Melville-Brown |
United
Kingdom
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| 1922.04.11 | 16th/5th
Lancers formed by amalgamation of 16th The Queen's Lancers, and 5th Royal Irish Lancers with the latter providing D Squadron |
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| 1954.06.06 | 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers | |
| 1993.06.25 | amalgamated with 17th/21st Lancers, to form The Queen's Royal Lancers | |
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| Kitchener House, Stafford | ||
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Deployment and Service | |
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The 5th Royal Irish Lancers Today, by Ciaran Byrne | |
| [combined battle honours of 16th
The Queen's Lancers, and 5th Royal Irish Lancers,
with the following emblazoned:]
Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, Beaumont, Willems, Talavera, Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nive, Peninsula, Waterloo, Bhurtpore, Ghuznee 1839, Afghanistan 1839, Maharajpore, Aliwal, Sobraon, Suakin 1885, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Defence of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902, Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Ypres 1914 '15, Bellewaarde, Arras 1917, Cambrai 1917, Somme 1918, St. Quentin, Pursuit to Mons [plus for 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers:] The Second World War: Kasserine, Fondouk, Kairouan, Bordj, Djebel Kournine, Tunis, Gromballa, Bou Ficha, North Africa 1942-43, Cassino II, Liri Valley, Monte Piccolo, Capture of Perugia, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Argenta Gap, Traghetto, Italy 1944-45 |
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| 1922.11.20 | F.M. HM Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, KG, GCVO [to 1941] | |
| 1947.04.22 | HM Queen Elizabeth II | |
| 1922 | [16th Lancers:] Lt-Gen. Sir James Melville Babington, KCB, KCMG | |
| 1922 | [5th Lancers:] F.M. Sir Edmund Henry Hynman (Allenby), 1st Viscount Allenby, GCB, GCMG, GCVO | |
| 1936.06.16 | Gen. Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough, GCB, GCMG, KCVO | |
| 1943.08.12 | Col. Henry Cecil Lloyd Howard, CB, CMG, DSO | |
| 1950.01.24 | Brig. Philip Ernest Bowden-Smith, CBE | |
| 1959.03.27 | Col. Dennis Douglas Pilkington Smyly, DSO | |
| 1969.03.27 | Lt-Col. Anthony Stanley Bullivant, MBE | |
| 1975.08.01 | Maj-Gen. James Dorian Lunt, CBE | |
| 1980.10.31 | Col. H.A.G. Brooke, MC | |
| 1985.10.31 | Brig. John Lionel Pownall, OBE | |
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| Motto: | Aut cursu, aut cominus armis | ||
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| Anniversaries: | Aliwal (28 Jan.) | ||
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| Marches: | quick: Scarlet and Green (The English Patrol + St. Patrick's Day, arr. by Thomas Noble, entitled for scarlet tunic of 16th Lancers and green plume of 5th Lancers) | ||
| slow: Queen Charlotte (slow marches of predecessor regts, arr. by Thomas Noble) | |||
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The Battleford Light Infantry (16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse) | 1941-1946 | |
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16th Light Horse Regiment
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12th/16th Hunter River Lancers |
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The Otago Mounted Rifles | ||
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3rd Armoured Regiment, RNZAC | ||
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The Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) | 1947-1993 | |
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The Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) | 1975?- | |
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The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum, Belvoir Castle, Grantham (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum, Grantham (Simonides listing) | |
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