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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.
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.
The victory, and especially the cavalry charge of the 21st Lancers, was soon celebrated by songs on the popular stage, including "What Will They Say in England? A Story of the Gallant 21st" by Orlando Powell (1867–1915) [ 22 ] and Léonard Gautier 's "The Heroic Charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman", published complete with ...
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.
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers: 28 September 1857: Indian Mutiny: Bolandshahr [29] Paul Kenna: 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers: 2 September 1898: Mahdist War: Omdurman [19] Alexander Lafone: 1st County of London Yeomanry: 27 October 1917: First World War: El Buggar Ridge [49] Brian Lawrence: 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers: 7 August ...
On 2 September 1898 at the Battle of Omdurman, Sudan, Private Byrne turned back in the middle of the charge of the 21st Lancers and went to the assistance of a lieutenant of the Royal Horse Guards who was wounded, dismounted, disarmed and being attacked by several Dervishes. Private Byrne already wounded, attacked these Dervishes, received a ...
After the war, Fisher was the commander of the 17th Lancers at the time of their amalgamation with the 21st Lancers in 1922. [2] He took command of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade in 1923 and was the commandant of the Senior Officer School in 1927. [2]
De Montmorency was 31 years old, and a lieutenant in the 21st Lancers (Empress of India's), British Army during the Sudan Campaign when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC: On 2 September 1898 at the Battle of Omdurman , Sudan , after the charge, Lieutenant de Montmorency returned to help an officer who was lying ...