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  2. 21st Lancers - Wikipedia

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    The 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1858 and amalgamated with the 17th Lancers in 1922 to form the 17th/21st Lancers. Perhaps its most famous engagement was the Battle of Omdurman , where Winston Churchill (then an officer of the 4th Hussars ), rode with the unit.

  3. 17th/21st Lancers - Wikipedia

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    The 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War , it amalgamated with the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers in 1993.

  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. Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    12th Lancers 3/1st City of London Yeomanry 3/1st County of London Yeomanry B Sqn composed mainly of a draft of 160 NCOs and men from 3/1st Welsh Horse Yeomanry: Absorbed into 1st, 1917 7th: Tidworth: 9th Lancers 21st Lancers 3/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry 3/1st Berkshire Yeomanry: Absorbed into 1st, 1917 8th: The Curragh: 16th Lancers ...

  6. 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'.

  7. 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.

  8. Category:21st Lancers soldiers - Wikipedia

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  9. List of Royal Armoured Corps Regiments in World War II

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    9th Queen's Royal Lancers; 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) 13th/18th Royal Hussars; 14th/20th King's Hussars; 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars; 16th/5th Lancers; 17th/21st Lancers; 3rd Cavalry Training Regiment – Edinburgh, closed 1940 [6]