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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 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]

  4. 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'.

  5. Lancer - Wikipedia

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    Polish lancers served with distinction in the Austrian, Prussian, Russian, and French armies, most famously in Napoleon's French Imperial Guard as the 1er Regiment de Chevau-Legers-Lanciers de la Garde Impériale. The charge of the British 16th Lancers at Aliwal on 28 January 1846, during the Anglo-Sikh war

  6. Lancers in Italy during the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    The Lancers in Italy during the Second World War' is a brief combat history of the British Queen's Royal Lancers during the Italian campaign. In May 1943, after the successful North African campaign, the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers and the 17th/21st Lancers, as part of the 26th Armoured Brigade of the 6th Armoured Division, moved to Italy.

  7. Early life and career of Hubert Gough (1870–1914) - Wikipedia

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    His period in command of the 16th Lancers now expired, he briefly went on half pay on 19 December 1910, still as a lieutenant-colonel and brevet colonel. [37] On 1 January 1911 was granted the temporary rank of brigadier-general [38] and appointed General Officer Commanding 3rd Cavalry Brigade, which included the 16th Lancers, at the Curragh ...

  8. Battle of Aliwal - Wikipedia

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    The 16th Lancers then attacked a large body of Sikh infantry. These were battalions organised and trained in contemporary European fashion by Neapolitan mercenary, Paolo Di Avitabile. They formed square to establish a strong front against a cavalry charge, as most European armies did. Nevertheless, the 16th Lancers broke the square.

  9. Percy Sykes - Wikipedia

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    Sykes was commissioned into the 16th Lancers, but transferred to the 2nd Dragoon Guards in 1888. [7] He was posted to India and made several journeys through Persia and Baluchistan . When he was a second lieutenant, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in November 1891. [ 8 ]