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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.
The 16th The Queen's Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1759. It saw service for two centuries, before being amalgamated with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers to form the 16th/5th Lancers in 1922.
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'.
The regiment was posted to Flug Marine Barracks in Schleswig at the end of the war but moved to Lulworth Camp in late 1946. [3] Princess Elizabeth became Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment in 1947, and after her accession to the throne, the regiment was retitled the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers, in 1954. [4]
18th (Bromley Rifle Club) Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps; 21st Kent (Lewisham) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 25th Kent (Blackheath Artisans) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 26th Kent (Royal Arsenal) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 27th Kent (Deptford Dockyard) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 28th Kent (Charlton) Rifle Volunteer Corps; 32nd Kent (Eltham) Rifle Volunteer Corps
The Scarlet Lancers – 16th The Queen's Lancers later 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers [84] – the only British lancer regiment to wear red rather than blue uniforms from 1830 to World War I; The Sanguinary Sweeps – King's Royal Rifle Corps [58] (from the red facings on their Rifle green (almost black) uniform)
Contested initially by Great Britain and the United States, Australia won in 1972 and South Africa in 1998. Teams of 20 are selected and fire 20 shots at each of 50 metres and 100 yards on a home range, with scores compared by post. The British team typically hold trials and shoot at Appleton Rifle Club in Cheshire.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is the governing body for full bore rifle and pistol shooting sports in the United Kingdom. The Association was founded in 1859 with the founding aim of raising funds for an annual national rifle meeting to improve standards of marksmanship.