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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.
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.
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The regiment was formed at Lucknow in India by the amalgamation of the 16th The Queen's Lancers and the 5th Royal Irish Lancers on 11 April 1922. [1] It moved to the United Kingdom in 1926 but returned to India in 1936 and was based there when the Second World War started. [2]
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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'.
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.