The Queen’s Royal Lancers 1993-present 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers 1922-1993 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993 5th Royal Irish Lancers 1689-1799 1858-1921 16th Queen’s Lancers 1759-1922 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) 1759-1922 21st Lancers (Empress of India’s) 1858-1922 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Other ranks’ cap badge of the 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers, […]
22nd Dragoons The 22nd Dragoons was the title held by four separate Cavalry regiments of the British Army raised and disbanded between 1716 and 1945. The last regiment of this name existed during the Second World War, from 1 December 1940 until 30 November 1945. History The first regiment to bear the title 22nd Dragoons […]
The Light Dragoons 1992-present 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) 1922-1992 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars 1922-1992 13th Hussars 1715-1922 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) 1759-1821 1858-1922 15th The King’s Hussars 1759-1922 19th Royal Hussars (Queen Alexandra’s Own) 1858-1922 13th Hussars Collar badge of the 13th Hussars, 1900-02 NAM. 1964-04-85-19 Introduction On 23 […]
The Queen’s Royal Lancers 1993-present 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers 1922-1993 17th/21st Lancers 1922-1993 5th Royal Irish Lancers 1689-1799 1858-1921 16th Queen’s Lancers 1759-1922 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) 1759-1922 21st Lancers (Empress of India’s) 1858-1922 5th Royal Irish Lancers Introduction The 5th Lancers has had an interrupted regimental history. It was […]
5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Introduction In 1685 various troops of horse were raised to defend James II against the Monmouth Rebellion. Later that year, several of these were merged to form a single cavalry regiment, ranked as the 7th Horse. Its ranking rose to the 6th Horse in 1690, a year […]