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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 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]
Queen's Royal Hussars: 4 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars: 1685 [18] 1958: Queen's Royal Irish Hussars: Queen's Royal Hussars: 5 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers: 1689 [19] [a] 1922: 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers: Royal Lancers: 6 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons: 1689 [20] 1922: 5th/6th Dragoons: Royal Dragoon Guards: 7 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars: 1689 [21 ...
He was the author of biographies and books on military history including Glubb Pasha (1984), A Hell of a Licking: Retreat from Burma, 1941-42 (1986), Hussein of Jordan (1989), Scarlet Lancers: The story of the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 1689–1992 (1993) and Jai Sixth! (1994), a history of the 6th Gurkha Rifles.
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'.
Pages in category "16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers officers" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The British Army, in the modern sense of the standing army under the Crown, was formed following the Restoration of King Charles II in 1661. At this point, the small standing forces included the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Troops of Horse Guards and the Royal Regiment of Horse; some of these had been raised in exile and some as part of the New Model Army.
16th Lancers Major Clive MacDonnell Dixon (10 February 1870 in Middlesbrough – 5 November 1914 in Ypres ) was an English illustrator and soldier, best known for the charming images in his book The Leaguer of Ladysmith , created during the four-month Siege of Ladysmith in South Africa .