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  2. 16th The Queen's Lancers - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of nicknames of British Army regiments - Wikipedia

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    The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies - 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [25]; The Death or Glory Boys - 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")

  5. Queen's Royal Lancers - Wikipedia

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    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'.

  6. Royal Lancers - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    9th Lancers 21st Lancers 3/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry 3/1st Berkshire Yeomanry: Absorbed into 1st, 1917 8th: The Curragh: 16th Lancers 17th Lancers 3/1st Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry 3/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars: Absorbed into 1st, 1917 9th: Shorncliffe: 3rd Hussars 7th Hussars 3/2nd County of London Yeomanry 3/3rd County of ...

  8. Category : 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers officers

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    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. B.

  9. Category:16th The Queen's Lancers officers - Wikipedia

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    Includes commissioned officers of the 16th The Queen's Lancers regiment of the British Army. Pages in category "16th The Queen's Lancers officers" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.