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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colonel-in-Chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">The Queen</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_regiments_of_the_British_Army" title="Cavalry regiments of the British Army">cavalry regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. It was formed by the amalgamation of the <a href="/wiki/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers" title="16th The Queen's Lancers">16th The Queen's Lancers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/5th_Royal_Irish_Lancers" title="5th Royal Irish Lancers">5th Royal Irish Lancers</a> in 1922. The reason for the uniquely atypical regimental title (with a higher number preceding a lower) was that the 5th had been re-raised in 1858 almost 60 years after being disbanded, and when re-raised took <a href="/wiki/British_Army_order_of_precedence" title="British Army order of precedence">precedence</a> <i>after</i> the <a href="/wiki/17th_Lancers" title="17th Lancers">17th Lancers</a>. After service in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, the regiment amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers" title="17th/21st Lancers">17th/21st Lancers</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers" title="Queen's Royal Lancers">Queen's Royal Lancers</a> in 1993. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H16054.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H16054.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H16054.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H16054.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H16054.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H16054.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H16054.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="790" /></a><figcaption>Valentine tanks of 16th/5th Lancers training near <a href="/wiki/Brandon,_Northumberland" title="Brandon, Northumberland">Brandon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a>, 9 December 1941.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA16889.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA16889.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA16889.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA16889.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA16889.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA16889.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA16889.jpg 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>An M4 Sherman tank of the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers passes through a railway yard at <a href="/wiki/Arezzo" title="Arezzo">Arezzo</a>, Italy, 15–16 July 1944.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment was formed at <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> by the amalgamation of the <a href="/wiki/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers" title="16th The Queen's Lancers">16th The Queen's Lancers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/5th_Royal_Irish_Lancers" title="5th Royal Irish Lancers">5th Royal Irish Lancers</a> on 11 April 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It moved to the United Kingdom in 1926 but returned to India in 1936 and was based there when the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> started.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment returned to the United Kingdom in 1940, becoming part of <a href="/wiki/26th_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="26th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">26th Armoured Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th Armoured Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of this formation, the regiment fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass" title="Battle of Kasserine Pass">Battle of Kasserine Pass</a> in February 1943 and the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Vulcan" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Vulcan">Siege of Tunis</a> in May 1943, before landing in <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a> in January 1944 and taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino" title="Battle of Monte Cassino">Battle of Monte Cassino</a> in May 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-history_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war">Post-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment was posted to Flug Marine Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Schleswig,_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig</a> at the end of the war but moved to <a href="/wiki/Lulworth_Camp" title="Lulworth Camp">Lulworth Camp</a> in late 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Princess Elizabeth</a> became Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment in 1947, and after her accession to the throne, the regiment was retitled the <b>16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers</b>, in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> in March 1948 and to <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> in February 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It re-roled as an anti-tank regiment with <a href="/wiki/33rd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">33rd Armoured Brigade</a> based Athlone Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Sennelager" title="Sennelager">Sennelager</a> in July 1953 before moving to Waithwith Camp at <a href="/wiki/Catterick_Garrison" title="Catterick Garrison">Catterick Garrison</a> in February 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It joined <a href="/wiki/12th_Armoured_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">12th Infantry Brigade</a> and moved to Imphal Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Osnabr%C3%BCck" title="Osnabrück">Osnabrück</a> in April 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment deployed squadrons to <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> in November 1963 and then re-roled as a tank regiment at Aliwal Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Tidworth_Camp" title="Tidworth Camp">Tidworth Camp</a> in December 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It joined <a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_South_East" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East">11th Infantry Brigade</a> and moved to Lumsden Barracks at <a href="/wiki/Bad_Fallingbostel" title="Bad Fallingbostel">Bad Fallingbostel</a> in January 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It became resident battalion at <a href="/wiki/St_Lucia_Barracks,_Omagh" title="St Lucia Barracks, Omagh">Lisanelly Camp</a> in <a href="/wiki/Omagh" title="Omagh">Omagh</a> in November 1971 at the height of <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">the Troubles</a> and then returned to Aliwal Barracks in Tidworth in May 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From there it deployed squadrons to <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> and to Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It returned to <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> in a recce role and took up residence at Northampton Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Wolfenb%C3%BCttel" title="Wolfenbüttel">Wolfenbüttel</a> in October 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From there it deployed units to Northern Ireland again.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1980 the regiment moved to <a href="/wiki/Bovington_Camp" title="Bovington Camp">Bovington Camp</a> as RAC Centre Regiment and, in January 1983, it moved on to Assaye Barracks at Tidworth as recce regiment for <a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Infantry Brigade</a> deploying units for peace keeping duties to <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a> in December 1983 and to Cyprus in January 1984 and January 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It became recce regiment for <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th Armoured Division</a> based at Harewood Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Herford" title="Herford">Herford</a> in November 1986 and deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> in December 1990 for the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its final role was as recce regiment for <a href="/wiki/19th_Light_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Light Brigade (United Kingdom)">19th Infantry Brigade</a> based at <a href="/wiki/Carver_Barracks" title="Carver Barracks">Carver Barracks</a> at <a href="/wiki/Debden,_Uttlesford" title="Debden, Uttlesford">Debden</a> in July 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From there it deployed units to Cyprus.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1993, as part of the reduction in forces after the end of the Cold War, it amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers" title="17th/21st Lancers">17th/21st Lancers</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers" title="Queen's Royal Lancers">Queen's Royal Lancers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle_honours">Battle honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Battle honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Battle_honours_of_the_British_and_Imperial_Armies" title="Battle honours of the British and Imperial Armies">Battle honours</a> were:<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For battle honours won by predecessor regiments see <a href="/wiki/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers" title="16th The Queen's Lancers">16th The Queen's Lancers</a> and <a href="/wiki/5th_Royal_Irish_Lancers" title="5th Royal Irish Lancers">5th Royal Irish Lancers</a>. </p> <ul><li><i>Second World War</i>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kasserine_Pass" title="Battle of Kasserine Pass">Kasserine</a>, Fondouk, Kairouan, Bordj, Djebel Kournine, <a href="/wiki/Tunisian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisian Campaign">Tunis</a>, Gromballa, Bou Ficha, <a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North Africa 1942–43</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino" title="Battle of Monte Cassino">Cassino II</a>, Liri Valley, Monte Piccolo, Capture of Perugia, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Argenta Gap, Traghetto, <a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italy 1944–45</a></li> <li><i>Gulf War</i>: <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf 1991</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanding_Officers">Commanding Officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Commanding Officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Commanding Officers have been:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1959–1961: Lt.-Col. Robert A. Simpson</li> <li>1961–1964: Lt.-Col. Peter C. Bull</li> <li>1964–1966: Lt.-Col. Peter J. Holland</li> <li>1966–1969: Lt.-Col. Henry A. G. Brooke</li> <li>1969–1971: Lt.-Col. John L. Pownall</li> <li>1971–1974: Lt.-Col. Alistair W. Dennis</li> <li>1974–1976: Lt.-Col. Richard Q. M. Morris</li> <li>1976–1979: Lt.-Col. <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Vivian,_6th_Baron_Vivian" title="Nicholas Vivian, 6th Baron Vivian">Hon. Nicholas C. L. Vivian</a></li> <li>1979–1982: Lt.-Col. Charles J. Radford</li> <li>1982–1984: Lt.-Col. John A. Wright</li> <li>1984–1986: Lt.-Col. Derek M. O’Callaghan</li> <li>1986–1989: Lt.-Col. Mark F. C. Radford</li> <li>1989–1991: Lt.-Col. Philip E. Scott</li> <li>1991–1993: Lt.-Col. Peter M. Campbell</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonels-in-Chief">Colonels-in-Chief</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Colonels-in-Chief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1922–1941: Field Marshal HM <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_XIII,_King_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfonso XIII, King of Spain">King Alfonso XIII of Spain</a>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_of_the_Order_of_the_Garter" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight of the Order of the Garter">KG</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order">GCVO</a></span></span></li> <li>1947–1993: HM <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">The Queen</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regimental_Colonels">Regimental Colonels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regimental Colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colonels of the regiment were:<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>16th/5th Lancers</dt></dl> <ul><li>1922–1936 (16th Lancers): Lt-Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Melville_Babington" title="James Melville Babington">James Melville Babington</a>, KCB, KCMG (ex <a href="/wiki/16th_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Lancers">16th Lancers</a>)</li> <li>1922–1936 (5th Lancers): F.M. Sir <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Henry_Hynman_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby">Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby</a>, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (ex <a href="/wiki/5th_Royal_Irish_Lancers" title="5th Royal Irish Lancers">5th Royal Irish Lancers</a>)</li> <li>1936–1943: Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Hubert_de_la_Poer_Gough" class="mw-redirect" title="Hubert de la Poer Gough">Hubert de la Poer Gough</a>, GCB, GCMG, KCVO</li> <li>1943–1950: Col. Henry Cecil Lloyd Howard, CB, CMG, DSO</li> <li>1950–1959: Brig. <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bowden-Smith" title="Philip Bowden-Smith">Philip Ernest Bowden-Smith</a>, CBE</li></ul> <dl><dt>16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers (1954)</dt></dl> <ul><li>1959–1969: Col. Dennis Douglas Pilkington Smyly, DSO</li> <li>1969–1975: Lt-Col. Anthony Stanley Bullivant, MBE</li> <li>1975–1980: Maj-Gen. <a href="/wiki/James_Lunt" title="James Lunt">James Dorian Lunt</a>, CBE</li> <li>1980–1985: Col. Henry Arthur Gunning Brooke, MC</li> <li>1985–1990: Brig. John Lionel Pownall, OBE</li> <li>1990–1993: Maj-Gen. Alastair Wesley Dennis, CB, OBE (to <a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Queen's Royal Lancers">The Queen's Royal Lancers</a>)</li> <li><i>1993: Regiment amalgamated with <a href="/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers" title="17th/21st Lancers">17th/21st Lancers</a> to form <a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Queen's Royal Lancers">The Queen's Royal Lancers</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=16th/5th_The_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Lancers_and_Nottinghamshire_Yeomanry_Museum" title="The Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum">The Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum</a></li></ul> <div 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Royal Lancers</a> <small>(1715–1960)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_The_Queen%27s_Lancers" title="16th The Queen's Lancers">16th The Queen's Lancers</a> <small>(1759–1922)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Royal_Irish_Lancers" title="5th Royal Irish Lancers">5th Royal Irish Lancers</a> <small>(1689–1799; 1858–1922)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Lancers" title="17th Lancers">17th Lancers</a> <small>(1759–1922)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Lancers" title="21st Lancers">21st Lancers</a> <small>(1858–1922)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers" title="9th/12th Royal Lancers">9th/12th Royal Lancers</a> <small>(1960–2015)</small></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers</a> <small>(1922–1993)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers" title="17th/21st Lancers">17th/21st Lancers</a> <small>(1922–1993)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers" title="9th/12th Royal Lancers">9th/12th Royal Lancers</a> <small>(1960–2015)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers" title="Queen's Royal Lancers">Queen's Royal Lancers</a> <small>(1993–2015)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Goate" title="William Goate">William Goate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kells" title="Robert Kells">Robert Kells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rushe" title="David Rushe">David Rushe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Spence_(VC)" title="David Spence (VC)">David Spence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Octavius_Grenfell" title="Francis Octavius Grenfell">Francis Grenfell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Reynolds_Roberts" title="James Reynolds Roberts">James Roberts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_William_Beresford" title="Lord William Beresford">William Beresford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Donohoe" title="Patrick Donohoe">Patrick Donohoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Freeman_(VC)" title="John Freeman (VC)">John Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hancock_(VC)" title="Thomas Hancock (VC)">Thomas Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hartigan" title="Henry Hartigan">Henry Hartigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Stowell_Jones" title="Alfred Stowell Jones">Alfred Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Newell_(VC)" title="Robert Newell (VC)">Robert Newell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Purcell_(VC)" title="John Purcell (VC)">John Purcell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Burdett_Clare" title="George William Burdett Clare">George Clare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Brooks_Dugdale" title="Frederic Brooks Dugdale">Frederic Dugdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Murray,_8th_Earl_of_Dunmore" title="Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore">Alexander Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wooden" title="Charles Wooden">Charles Wooden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hull_(VC)" title="Charles Hull (VC)">Charles Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Aloysius_Kenna" title="Paul Aloysius Kenna">Paul Kenna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Berryman_(VC)" title="John Berryman (VC)">John Berryman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Farrell_(VC)" title="John Farrell (VC)">John Farrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Turner_Tom_Lawrence" title="Brian Turner Tom Lawrence">Brian Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Wood_(British_Army_officer)" title="Evelyn Wood (British Army officer)">Evelyn Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Byrne_(VC)" title="Thomas Byrne (VC)">Thomas Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_de_Montmorency" title="Raymond de Montmorency">Raymond de Montmorency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lancer" title="Lancer">Lancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cavalry_regiments_of_the_British_Army" title="Cavalry regiments of the British Army">Cavalry regiments of the British Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armoured_regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Armoured regiment (United Kingdom)">Armoured regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal Armoured Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Armoured_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_Kingdom)" title="12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom)">12th Armoured Infantry Brigade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="RAC_armoured_regiments_of_the_Second_World_War" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div 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War</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regular</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dragoons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_King%27s_Dragoon_Guards" title="1st King's Dragoon Guards">1st King's Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Dragoon_Guards_(Queen%27s_Bays)" title="2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)">2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Carabiniers" title="3rd Carabiniers">3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th/7th_Dragoon_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="4th/7th Dragoon Guards">4th/7th Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Inniskilling_Dragoon_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards">5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Dragoons" title="22nd Dragoons">22nd Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Dragoons" title="25th Dragoons">25th Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Greys" title="Royal Scots Greys">Royal Scots Greys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hussars</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3rd_The_King%27s_Own_Hussars" title="3rd The King's Own Hussars">3rd The King's Own Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Queen%27s_Own_Hussars" title="4th Queen's Own Hussars">4th Queen's Own Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Queen%27s_Own_Hussars" title="7th Queen's Own Hussars">7th Queen's Own Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_King%27s_Royal_Irish_Hussars" title="8th King's Royal Irish Hussars">8th King's Royal Irish Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Royal_Hussars" title="10th Royal Hussars">10th Royal Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Hussars" title="11th Hussars">11th Hussars (Prince Alberts Own)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th/18th_Royal_Hussars" title="13th/18th Royal Hussars">13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Marys Own)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th/20th_King%27s_Hussars" title="14th/20th King's Hussars">14th/20th King's Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th/19th_The_King%27s_Royal_Hussars" title="15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars">15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Hussars" title="23rd Hussars">23rd Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Hussars" title="26th Hussars">26th Hussars</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lancers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9th_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers" title="9th Queen's Royal Lancers">9th Queen's Royal Lancers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Royal_Lancers" title="12th Royal Lancers">12th Royal Lancers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th/5th_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="16th/5th Lancers">16th/5th Lancers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th/21st_Lancers" title="17th/21st Lancers">17th/21st Lancers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Lancers" title="24th Lancers">24th Lancers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Lancers" title="27th Lancers">27th Lancers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Royal Tank<br /> Regiments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="1st Royal Tank Regiment">1st RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="2nd Royal Tank Regiment">2nd RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="3rd Royal Tank Regiment">3rd RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="4th Royal Tank Regiment">4th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="5th Royal Tank Regiment">5th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="6th Royal Tank Regiment">6th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="7th Royal Tank Regiment">7th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="8th Royal Tank Regiment">8th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="9th Royal Tank Regiment">9th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="10th Royal Tank Regiment">10th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="11th Royal Tank Regiment">11th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">12th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=39th_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="39th Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">39th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_(The_King%27s)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="40th (The King's) Royal Tank Regiment">40th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th/41st_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="40th/41st Royal Tank Regiment">40th/41st RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_(Oldham)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment">41st RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="42nd Royal Tank Regiment">42nd (7th East Surrey) RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="43rd Royal Tank Regiment">43rd (6th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="44th Royal Tank Regiment">44th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_(Leeds_Rifles)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment">45th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(Liverpool_Welsh)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment">46th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(Oldham)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="47th (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment">47th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="48th Royal Tank Regiment">48th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="49th Royal Tank Regiment">49th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="50th Royal Tank Regiment">50th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Leeds_Rifles)_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="51st (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment">51st RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=60st_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="60st Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">61st RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=62nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="62nd Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">62nd RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=65th_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="65th Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">65th RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=101st_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="101st Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">101st RTR</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=102nd_Royal_Tank_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="102nd Royal Tank Regiment (page does not exist)">102nd RTR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regiments<br /> RAC</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=46th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="46th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">46 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/107th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">107 (King's Own) RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/108th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="108th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">108 (Lancashire Fusiliers) RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/109th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">109 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/110th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">110 (Border) RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/111th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="111th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">111 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/112th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="112th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">112 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=113th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="113th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">113 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=114th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="114th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">114 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=115th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="115th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">115 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=116th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="116th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">116 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/141st_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">141 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/142nd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="142nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">142 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/143rd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">143 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/144th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="144th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">144 (East Lancashire) RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/145th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="145th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">145 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/146th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="146th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">146 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/147th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="147th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">147 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/148th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="148th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">148 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/149th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="149th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">149 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=150th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="150th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">150 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/151st_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="151st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">151 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=152nd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="152nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">152 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/153rd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">153 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/154th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="154th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">154 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=155th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="155th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">155 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=156th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="156th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">156 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=157th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="157th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">157 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/158th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="158th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">158 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/159th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="159th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">159 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/160th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="160th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">160 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=161st_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="161st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (page does not exist)">161 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/162nd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="162nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">162 RAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/163rd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">163 RAC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reserve</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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