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data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Kingdom of Ireland (1718–1800)<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>United Kingdom (1801–1960)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Line cavalry</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">One Regiment</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The Supple Twelfth</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Ich Dien</i> – I Serve</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data">Quick: <i>God Bless the Prince of Wales</i><br />Slow: <i>Coburg March</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" 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;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Major-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-General">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Phineas_Bowles_(British_Army_officer,_died_1722)" title="Phineas Bowles (British Army officer, died 1722)">Phineas Bowles (Sr)</a><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-General">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Phineas_Bowles_(British_Army_officer,_born_1690)" title="Phineas Bowles (British Army officer, born 1690)">Phineas Bowles (Jr)</a><br /> Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bligh" title="Thomas Bligh">Thomas Bligh</a><br /> General <a href="/wiki/John_Mordaunt_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Mordaunt (British Army officer)">Sir John Mordaunt</a><br /> Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/George_Germain,_1st_Viscount_Sackville" title="George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville">George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville</a><br /> Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Edward_Harvey_(British_Army_officer)" title="Edward Harvey (British Army officer)">Edward Harvey</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Pitt" title="William Augustus Pitt">General Sir William Pitt</a><br /> Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/William_Keppel_(British_Army_officer,_born_1727)" title="William Keppel (British Army officer, born 1727)">William Keppel</a><br /> General <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Payne-Gallwey,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Baronet">Sir William Payne-Gallwey</a><br /> Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Colquhoun_Grant_(British_cavalry_general)" title="Colquhoun Grant (British cavalry general)">Sir Colquhoun Grant</a><br /> Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Hussey_Vivian,_1st_Baron_Vivian" title="Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian">Sir Hussey Vivian</a><br /> Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Robert_George_Broadwood" title="Robert George Broadwood">Robert Broadwood</a><br /> Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/William_Birdwood" title="William Birdwood">William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood</a><br /> </p> General <a href="/wiki/Richard_McCreery" title="Richard McCreery">Sir Richard McCreery</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers</b> was a cavalry regiment of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> first formed in 1715. It saw service for three centuries, including the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. The regiment survived the immediate post-war reduction in forces, but was slated for reduction in the <a href="/wiki/1957_Defence_White_Paper" title="1957 Defence White Paper">1957 Defence White Paper</a>, and was amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/9th_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers" title="9th Queen's Royal Lancers">9th Queen's Royal Lancers</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers" title="9th/12th Royal Lancers">9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)</a> in 1960. </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=12th_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:Sirjohndoyle.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sirjohndoyle.png/220px-Sirjohndoyle.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Sirjohndoyle.png 1.5x" data-file-width="289" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Lieutenant-Colonel <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Doyle,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet">John Doyle</a> who commanded the regiment in a successful action in the Egyptian desert in the French Revolutionary Wars</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cavalier_du_12e_r%C3%A9giment_de_dragons_l%C3%A9gers_britannique,_1811.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Cavalier_du_12e_r%C3%A9giment_de_dragons_l%C3%A9gers_britannique%2C_1811.jpg/220px-Cavalier_du_12e_r%C3%A9giment_de_dragons_l%C3%A9gers_britannique%2C_1811.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Cavalier_du_12e_r%C3%A9giment_de_dragons_l%C3%A9gers_britannique%2C_1811.jpg/330px-Cavalier_du_12e_r%C3%A9giment_de_dragons_l%C3%A9gers_britannique%2C_1811.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Cavalier_du_12e_r%C3%A9giment_de_dragons_l%C3%A9gers_britannique%2C_1811.jpg/440px-Cavalier_du_12e_r%C3%A9giment_de_dragons_l%C3%A9gers_britannique%2C_1811.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1747" data-file-height="1089" /></a><figcaption>The 12th Light Dragoons in 1811</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_wars">Early wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment of <a href="/wiki/Dragoons" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragoons">dragoons</a> was raised in <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a> by Brigadier-General <a href="/wiki/Phineas_Bowles_(British_Army_officer,_died_1722)" title="Phineas Bowles (British Army officer, died 1722)">Phineas Bowles</a> as the Phineas Bowles's Regiment of Dragoons in July 1715 as part of the response to the <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1715" title="Jacobite rising of 1715">Jacobite rebellion</a>.<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 was employed escorting prisoners to London later in the year.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1718, the regiment was placed on the Irish establishment and posted to Ireland, where it remained for 75 years.<sup id="cite_ref-12thlight_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12thlight-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p><p>In 1751, the regiment was officially styled the 12th Dragoons.<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> In 1768, <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">King George III</a> bestowed the badge of the <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers" title="Prince of Wales's feathers">three ostrich feathers</a> and the motto "<i>Ich Dien</i>" on the regiment and re-titled it as the 12th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons.<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> A young <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Arthur Wesley (later Duke of Wellington)</a> joined the regiment as a subaltern in 1789.<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> The regiment took part in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bastia" title="Siege of Bastia">siege of Bastia</a> in April 1794, which took place in <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cannon18_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pope_Pius_VI" title="Pope Pius VI">Pope Pius VI</a> was impressed by the conduct of the regiment and ordered that medals be awarded to its officers.<sup id="cite_ref-cannon18_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon18-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexandre-Jean_Dubois_Drahonet_(1791-1834)_-_(Private)_Joseph_Bednal_(1802-33),_12th_(The_Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Royal_Lancers_-_RCIN_407088_-_Royal_Collection.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Alexandre-Jean_Dubois_Drahonet_%281791-1834%29_-_%28Private%29_Joseph_Bednal_%281802-33%29%2C_12th_%28The_Prince_of_Wales%27s%29_Royal_Lancers_-_RCIN_407088_-_Royal_Collection.jpg/170px-Alexandre-Jean_Dubois_Drahonet_%281791-1834%29_-_%28Private%29_Joseph_Bednal_%281802-33%29%2C_12th_%28The_Prince_of_Wales%27s%29_Royal_Lancers_-_RCIN_407088_-_Royal_Collection.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Alexandre-Jean_Dubois_Drahonet_%281791-1834%29_-_%28Private%29_Joseph_Bednal_%281802-33%29%2C_12th_%28The_Prince_of_Wales%27s%29_Royal_Lancers_-_RCIN_407088_-_Royal_Collection.jpg/255px-Alexandre-Jean_Dubois_Drahonet_%281791-1834%29_-_%28Private%29_Joseph_Bednal_%281802-33%29%2C_12th_%28The_Prince_of_Wales%27s%29_Royal_Lancers_-_RCIN_407088_-_Royal_Collection.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Alexandre-Jean_Dubois_Drahonet_%281791-1834%29_-_%28Private%29_Joseph_Bednal_%281802-33%29%2C_12th_%28The_Prince_of_Wales%27s%29_Royal_Lancers_-_RCIN_407088_-_Royal_Collection.jpg/340px-Alexandre-Jean_Dubois_Drahonet_%281791-1834%29_-_%28Private%29_Joseph_Bednal_%281802-33%29%2C_12th_%28The_Prince_of_Wales%27s%29_Royal_Lancers_-_RCIN_407088_-_Royal_Collection.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1191" data-file-height="1650" /></a><figcaption>A private of the 12th Royal Lancers in 1832, painted by <a href="/wiki/Alexandre-Jean_Dubois-Drahonet" title="Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet">Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The regiment landed at <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a> in March 1801 and, although its commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel <a href="/wiki/Mervyn_Archdall_(junior)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mervyn Archdall (junior)">Mervyn Archdall</a>, was seriously injured in skirmishes,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it saw action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alexandria_(1801)" title="Battle of Alexandria (1801)">Battle of Alexandria</a> later in the month.<sup id="cite_ref-Cannon,_p.27_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cannon,_p.27-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment, under a new commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Doyle,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet">John Doyle</a>, captured 28 officers and 570 other ranks of the French Dromedary Regiment (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9giment_de_Dromadaires" class="extiw" title="fr:Régiment de Dromadaires">Régiment de Dromadaires</a></i>) in an action in the Egyptian desert in May 1801.<sup id="cite_ref-DoyleClan_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoyleClan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It took part in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Cairo" title="Siege of Cairo">siege of Cairo</a> securing the city in June 1801<sup id="cite_ref-Cannon,_p.27_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cannon,_p.27-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then participated in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Alexandria_(1801)" title="Siege of Alexandria (1801)">siege of Alexandria</a> taking that city in September 1801.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment next deployed for the disastrous <a href="/wiki/Walcheren_Campaign" title="Walcheren Campaign">Walcheren Campaign</a> in autumn 1809.<sup id="cite_ref-Cannon,_p.30_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cannon,_p.30-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1811 the regiment embarked for <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a> and, under the command of Colonel <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Cavendish_Ponsonby" title="Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby">Frederick Ponsonby</a>, took part in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ciudad_Rodrigo_(1812)" title="Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)">siege of Ciudad Rodrigo</a> in January 1812,<sup id="cite_ref-Cannon,_p.30_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cannon,_p.30-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Badajoz_(1812)" title="Siege of Badajoz (1812)">siege of Badajoz</a> in March 1812<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Villagarcia" title="Battle of Villagarcia">Battle of Villagarcia</a> in April 1812 in the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also undertook two charges at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Salamanca" title="Battle of Salamanca">Battle of Salamanca</a> in July 1812<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Burgos" title="Siege of Burgos">siege of Burgos</a> in September 1812,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vitoria" title="Battle of Vitoria">Battle of Vitoria</a> in June 1813<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_San_Sebasti%C3%A1n" title="Siege of San Sebastián">siege of San Sebastián</a> in autumn 1813.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment next advanced into <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and supported the infantry at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nivelle" title="Battle of Nivelle">Battle of Nivelle</a> in November 1813.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment marched through France and arrived in <a href="/wiki/Calais" title="Calais">Calais</a> in July 1814 from where it returned to England.<sup id="cite_ref-Cannon,_p.44_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cannon,_p.44-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterloo Campaign">Waterloo Campaign</a>, the regiment was attached to <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Vandeleur" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Vandeleur">Sir John Vandeleur</a>'s light cavalry brigade. At the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a> in June 1815, the regiment charged down the slope to support the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)">Union Brigade</a> of medium cavalry. Ponsonby fell, dangerously wounded, in the <a href="/wiki/Melee" title="Melee">melee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cannon,_p.50_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cannon,_p.50-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Sabine_Augustus_Thellusson_(1822%E2%80%931885),_as_Captain,_12th_Royal_Lancers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Charles_Sabine_Augustus_Thellusson_%281822%E2%80%931885%29%2C_as_Captain%2C_12th_Royal_Lancers.jpg/170px-Charles_Sabine_Augustus_Thellusson_%281822%E2%80%931885%29%2C_as_Captain%2C_12th_Royal_Lancers.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Charles_Sabine_Augustus_Thellusson_%281822%E2%80%931885%29%2C_as_Captain%2C_12th_Royal_Lancers.jpg/255px-Charles_Sabine_Augustus_Thellusson_%281822%E2%80%931885%29%2C_as_Captain%2C_12th_Royal_Lancers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Charles_Sabine_Augustus_Thellusson_%281822%E2%80%931885%29%2C_as_Captain%2C_12th_Royal_Lancers.jpg/340px-Charles_Sabine_Augustus_Thellusson_%281822%E2%80%931885%29%2C_as_Captain%2C_12th_Royal_Lancers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="579" data-file-height="685" /></a><figcaption>A captain of the 12th Royal Lancers in 1848, painted by Alfred Corbould</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1816, the 12th Light Dragoons was armed with lances after the cavalry of Napoleon's Army had shown their effectiveness at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Waterloo</a> and were re-titled 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers).<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> In 1855, it reinforced the Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea after the <a href="/wiki/Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade" title="Charge of the Light Brigade">Charge of the Light Brigade</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Balaclava" title="Battle of Balaclava">Battle of Balaclava</a>. In 1861, the regiment was renamed 12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of Lancers.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was stationed in India between 1857 and 1860 in response to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion</a> and in Ireland from 1865 to 1870, before fighting in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Second Anglo-Afghan War">Second Anglo-Afghan War</a> in the late 1870s.<sup id="cite_ref-nam_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nam-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boer_War">Boer War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Boer War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Earl_of_Airlie_in_1883.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/The_Earl_of_Airlie_in_1883.jpg/170px-The_Earl_of_Airlie_in_1883.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/The_Earl_of_Airlie_in_1883.jpg/255px-The_Earl_of_Airlie_in_1883.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/The_Earl_of_Airlie_in_1883.jpg/340px-The_Earl_of_Airlie_in_1883.jpg 2x" data-file-width="545" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/David_Ogilvy,_11th_Earl_of_Airlie" title="David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie">11th Earl of Airlie</a>, who was killed while commanding the regiment at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Diamond_Hill" title="Battle of Diamond Hill">Battle of Diamond Hill</a> in the Second Boer War</figcaption></figure> <p>The regiment was deployed to <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> for service in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> in October 1899, and took part in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kimberley" title="Siege of Kimberley">relief of Kimberley</a> and the ensuing <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Paardeberg" title="Battle of Paardeberg">Battle of Paardeberg</a> in February 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-abw_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abw-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commanding officer of the regiment, the <a href="/wiki/David_Ogilvy,_11th_Earl_of_Airlie" title="David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie">11th Earl of Airlie</a>, was killed at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Diamond_Hill" title="Battle of Diamond Hill">Battle of Diamond Hill</a> in June 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-abw_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abw-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the end of the war in 1902 they went to India. Almost 530 officers and men left <a href="/wiki/Cape_Town" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a> aboard SS <i>Lake Manitoba</i> in September 1902, arriving at <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> the following month and was then stationed at <a href="/wiki/Ambala" title="Ambala">Ambala</a> in <a href="/wiki/Punjab_Province_(British_India)" title="Punjab Province (British India)">Punjab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First World War"><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_12th_Lancers_at_Moy,_France,_on_28_August_1914.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/The_12th_Lancers_at_Moy%2C_France%2C_on_28_August_1914.jpg/220px-The_12th_Lancers_at_Moy%2C_France%2C_on_28_August_1914.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/The_12th_Lancers_at_Moy%2C_France%2C_on_28_August_1914.jpg/330px-The_12th_Lancers_at_Moy%2C_France%2C_on_28_August_1914.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/The_12th_Lancers_at_Moy%2C_France%2C_on_28_August_1914.jpg/440px-The_12th_Lancers_at_Moy%2C_France%2C_on_28_August_1914.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption>"The 12th Lancers at <a href="/wiki/Mo%C3%BF-de-l%27Aisne" title="Moÿ-de-l'Aisne">Moy</a>, France, on 28 August 1914" by <a href="/wiki/George_Wright_(artist)" title="George Wright (artist)">George Wright</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The regiment, which had been based in <a href="/wiki/Norwich" title="Norwich">Norwich</a> at the start of the war, landed in France as part of the <a href="/wiki/5th_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)">5th Cavalry Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd Cavalry Division</a> in August 1914 for service on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 August 1914, 'C' Squadron of the 12th Lancers, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Wormald, made a successful charge against a dismounted squadron of Prussian Dragoons at <a href="/wiki/Mo%C3%BF-de-l%27Aisne" title="Moÿ-de-l'Aisne">Moÿ-de-l'Aisne</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Retreat" title="Great Retreat">Great Retreat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers" title="9th/12th Royal Lancers">9th/12th Royal Lancers</a> celebrated <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mons" title="Battle of Mons">Mons</a>/Moy Day annually, which commemorated the last occasions on which each predecessor regiment charged with lances.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inter-war_era">Inter-war era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Inter-war era"><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:IWM-ARMY-TRAINING-6-16-Lanchester-armoured-car.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/IWM-ARMY-TRAINING-6-16-Lanchester-armoured-car.jpg/220px-IWM-ARMY-TRAINING-6-16-Lanchester-armoured-car.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/IWM-ARMY-TRAINING-6-16-Lanchester-armoured-car.jpg/330px-IWM-ARMY-TRAINING-6-16-Lanchester-armoured-car.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/IWM-ARMY-TRAINING-6-16-Lanchester-armoured-car.jpg/440px-IWM-ARMY-TRAINING-6-16-Lanchester-armoured-car.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>A troop of 12th Royal Lancers exercising with <a href="/wiki/Lanchester_6%C3%974_armoured_car" title="Lanchester 6×4 armoured car">Lanchester 6×4 armoured cars</a> in 1938</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1921 the regiment was re-titled the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's).<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1928, it gave up its horses and was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Armored_car_(military)" title="Armored car (military)">armoured cars</a>, taking over vehicles left in Egypt by two <a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Corps</a> armoured car units, the 3rd and 5th Companies.<sup id="cite_ref-Crow,_p.3_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crow,_p.3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Late in 1934, the 12th exchanged equipment and station with the <a href="/wiki/11th_Hussars" title="11th Hussars">11th Hussars</a>, taking over 34 <a href="/wiki/Lanchester_6%C3%974_armoured_car" title="Lanchester 6×4 armoured car">Lanchester 6×4 armoured cars</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tidworth_Camp" title="Tidworth Camp">Tidworth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Crow,_p.3_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crow,_p.3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its strength would have been 12 officers and 141 other ranks, organised in a company headquarters and three sections, each with five cars.<sup id="cite_ref-Crow,_p.3_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crow,_p.3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Total numbers were sixteen cars, six motorcycles, a staff car, four 3-ton (3 t) and seven 30-<a href="/wiki/Hundredweight" title="Hundredweight">cwt</a> (1,520 kg) <a href="/wiki/Truck" title="Truck">lorries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Crow,_p.3_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crow,_p.3-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January–February 1935 a provisional <i>D</i> squadron of the 12th Lancers with eight armoured cars served as a peacekeeping force in the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_the_Saar_Basin" title="Territory of the Saar Basin">Saar region</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 December <i>B</i> and <i>C</i> squadrons were sent again to Egypt with 29 armoured cars as a response to the <a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Italian invasion of Abyssinia</a> and strengthening garrisons in <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>. By the end of 1936 the squadrons were returned to Britain, where the regiment was re-equipped with <a href="/wiki/Morris_Light_Reconnaissance_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Morris Light Reconnaissance Car">Morris Light Reconnaissance Cars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second World War"><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_France_1939-40_O594.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/The_British_Army_in_France_1939-40_O594.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_France_1939-40_O594.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/The_British_Army_in_France_1939-40_O594.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_France_1939-40_O594.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/The_British_Army_in_France_1939-40_O594.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_France_1939-40_O594.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="605" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Morris_CS9" title="Morris CS9">Morris CS9</a> armoured cars of 'C' Squadron, 12th Royal Lancers, 29 September 1939 in the Second World War</figcaption></figure> <p>The 12th Lancers was an <a href="/wiki/Armoured_car_regiment" title="Armoured car regiment">armoured car regiment</a> equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Morris_CS9" title="Morris CS9">Morris CS9</a>, in the 1940 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">campaign in France and Flanders</a>, playing a key part in shielding the retreat to Dunkirk.<sup id="cite_ref-nam_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nam-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After evacuation (without their vehicles) from <a href="/wiki/Malo-les-Bains" class="mw-redirect" title="Malo-les-Bains">Malo-les-Bains</a> on <a href="/wiki/Dredging" title="Dredging">dredgers</a>, they were first equipped with <a href="/wiki/Beaverette" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaverette">Beaverettes</a>, then, in June 1941, with <a href="/wiki/Humber_Armoured_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Humber Armoured Car">Humbers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lancers landed in <a href="/wiki/Port_Tewfik" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Tewfik">Port Tewfik</a>, Egypt, in November 1941. Subsequently, the regiment fought as divisional troops for the <a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">1st Armoured Division</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a> in October 1942<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then served as a corps-level reconnaissance unit in the <a href="/wiki/Italian_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="Italian campaign (World War II)">Italian Campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nam_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nam-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_era">Post-war era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-war era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Palestine</a> in August 1946 before returning home in April 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was sent to <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Malaya</a> in September 1951 in the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a> and, having been posted to Harewood Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Herford" title="Herford">Herford</a> in January 1955 moved on to Northampton Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Wolfenb%C3%BCttel" title="Wolfenbüttel">Wolfenbüttel</a> in March 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It returned home again in March 1959 and deployed to <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> in May 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment was amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/9th_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers" title="9th Queen's Royal Lancers">9th Queen's Royal Lancers</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers" title="9th/12th Royal Lancers">9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)</a> in September 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-6" 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="Regimental_museum">Regimental museum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Regimental museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Derby_Museum_and_Art_Gallery" title="Derby Museum and Art Gallery">Derby Museum and Art Gallery</a> incorporates the Soldier's Story Gallery, based on the collection, inter alia, of the 12th Royal Lancers.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<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=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Battle honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment's battle honours were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Early Wars</i>: Egypt, Salamanca, Peninsula, Waterloo, South Africa 1851-2-3, Sevastopol, Central India, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899–1902</li> <li><i>The Great War:</i> Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Ypres 1914 '15, Neuve Chapelle, St. Julien, Bellewaarde, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Cambrai 1917 '18, Somme 1918, St. Quentin, Lys, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Albert 1918, Hindenburg Line, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18</li> <li><i>The Second World War:</i> Dyle, Defence of Arras, Arras Counter Attack, Dunkirk 1940, North-West Europe 1940, Chor es Sufan, Gazala, Alam el Halfa, El Alamein, Advance on Tripoli, Tebaga Gap, El Hamma, Akarit, El Kourzia, Djebel Kournine, Tunis, Creteville Pass, North Africa 1941–43, Citerna, Gothic Line, Capture of Forli, Conventello-Comacchio, Bologna, Sillaro Crossing, Idice Bridgehead, Italy 1944–45</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonel-in-Chief">Colonel-in-Chief</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Colonel-in-Chief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1919–: F.M. HM <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_VIII" class="mw-redirect" title="King Edward VIII">King Edward VIII</a></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=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=11" 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_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1715–1719: Maj-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Phineas_Bowles_(British_Army_officer,_died_1722)" title="Phineas Bowles (British Army officer, died 1722)">Phineas Bowles (senior)</a></li> <li>1719–1740: Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Phineas_Bowles_(British_Army_officer,_born_1690)" title="Phineas Bowles (British Army officer, born 1690)">Phineas Bowles (junior)</a></li> <li>1740–1743: Col. Alexander Rose</li> <li>1743–1746: Brig-Gen. Samuel Walter Whitshed</li> <li>1746–1747: Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bligh" title="Thomas Bligh">Thomas Bligh</a></li> <li>1747–1749: Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Mordaunt_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Mordaunt (British Army officer)">John Mordaunt</a>, KB</li> <li>1749: Gen. Hon. <a href="/wiki/James_Cholmondeley" title="James Cholmondeley">James Cholmondeley</a></li> <li>1749–1750: Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/George_Germain,_1st_Viscount_Sackville" title="George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville">George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville</a></li> <li>1750–1763: Lt-Gen. Sir John Whitefoord, Bt.</li></ul> <dl><dt>12th Regiment of Dragoons (1751)</dt></dl> <ul><li>1763–1764: Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Edward_Harvey_(British_Army_officer)" title="Edward Harvey (British Army officer)">Edward Harvey</a></li> <li>1764–1770: Gen. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Carpenter(British_Army_officer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Benjamin Carpenter(British Army officer (page does not exist)">Benjamin Carpenter</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>12th (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (1768)</dt></dl> <ul><li>1770–1775: Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Augustus_Pitt" title="William Augustus Pitt">William Augustus Pitt</a>, KB</li> <li>1775–1782: Lt-Gen. Hon. <a href="/wiki/William_Keppel_(British_Army_officer,_born_1727)" title="William Keppel (British Army officer, born 1727)">William Keppel</a></li> <li>1782–1791: Lt-Gen. Hon. <a href="/wiki/George_Lane_Parker" title="George Lane Parker">George Lane Parker</a></li> <li>1791–1815: Gen. <a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Steuart_Denham,_8th_Baronet" title="Sir James Steuart Denham, 8th Baronet">Sir James Steuart</a>, Bt., GCH</li> <li>1815–1825: Gen. <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Payne-Gallwey,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Payne-Gallwey, 1st Baronet">Sir William Payne, Bt.</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>12th (The Prince of Wales's) Royal Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers)</dt></dl> <ul><li>1825–1827: Lt-Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Colquhoun_Grant_(British_cavalry_general)" title="Colquhoun Grant (British cavalry general)">Colquhoun Grant</a>, KCB, GCH</li> <li>1827–1837: Lt-Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hussey_Vivian,_1st_Baron_Vivian" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian">Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian</a>, GCB, GCH</li> <li>1837–1856: Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Cumming" title="Henry John Cumming">Henry John Cumming</a>, KCH</li> <li>1856–1861: Lt-Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Lovell_Benjamin_Lovell" class="mw-redirect" title="Lovell Benjamin Lovell">Lovell Benjamin Lovell</a>, KCB, KH</li></ul> <dl><dt>12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers (1861)</dt></dl> <ul><li>1861–1872: Gen. Sir <a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Henry_Lockwood&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Henry Lockwood (page does not exist)">George Henry Lockwood</a>, KCB</li> <li>1872–1879: Gen. Edward Pole</li> <li>1879–1892: Gen. <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hooke_Pearson" title="Thomas Hooke Pearson">Thomas Hooke Pearson</a>, CB</li> <li>1892–1894: Lt-Gen. Edward Burgoyne Cureton</li> <li>1894–1896: Maj-Gen. Robert Hale</li> <li>1896–1902: Lt-Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lyttelton-Annesley" title="Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley">Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley</a>, KCB, KCVO</li> <li>1902–1909: Maj-Gen. John Cecil Russell, CVO</li> <li>1909–1917: Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Robert_George_Broadwood" title="Robert George Broadwood">Robert George Broadwood</a>, CB</li> <li>1917–1920: Maj-Gen. Walter Howorth Greenly, CB, CMG, DSO</li> <li>1920–1951: F.M. Sir <a href="/wiki/William_Riddell_Birdwood,_1st_Baron_Birdwood" class="mw-redirect" title="William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood">William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood</a>, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCVO, CIE, DSO</li></ul> <dl><dt>12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) (1921)</dt></dl> <ul><li>1951–1960: Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_McCreery" title="Richard McCreery">Richard Loudon McCreery</a>, GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (to <a href="/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers" title="9th/12th Royal Lancers">9th/12th Royal Lancers</a>)</li> <li><i>1960: Regiment amalgamated with <a href="/wiki/9th_Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers" title="9th Queen's Royal Lancers">9th Queen's Royal Lancers</a> to form <a href="/wiki/9th/12th_Royal_Lancers_(Prince_of_Wales%27s)" class="mw-redirect" title="9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)">9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)</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=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_cavalry_during_the_First_World_War" title="British cavalry during the First World 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 August</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=12th+Royal+Lancers&rft.pub=British+Army+units+1945+on&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbritish-army-units1945on.co.uk%2Froyal-armoured-corps%2F12th-royal-lancers.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A12th+Royal+Lancers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHawley2015" class="citation news cs1">Hawley, Zena (11 August 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151225002035/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Soldiers-8217-Story-gallery-celebrates-Derby-s/story-27585377-detail/story.html">"Soldiers' Story gallery celebrates Derby's 300-year link with the Lancers"</a>. <i>Derby Telegraph</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Soldiers-8217-Story-gallery-celebrates-Derby-s/story-27585377-detail/story.html">the original</a> on 25 December 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 June</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Derby+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Soldiers%27+Story+gallery+celebrates+Derby%27s+300-year+link+with+the+Lancers&rft.date=2015-08-11&rft.aulast=Hawley&rft.aufirst=Zena&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.derbytelegraph.co.uk%2FSoldiers-8217-Story-gallery-celebrates-Derby-s%2Fstory-27585377-detail%2Fstory.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A12th+Royal+Lancers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCannon1842" class="citation book cs1">Cannon, Richard (1842). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002040782568;view=1up;seq=13"><i>Historical Record of The Twelfth, or The Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers: containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1715 and of its subsequent services to 1842</i></a>. J. W. Parker.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historical+Record+of+The+Twelfth%2C+or+The+Prince+of+Wales%27s+Royal+Regiment+of+Lancers%3A+containing+an+account+of+the+formation+of+the+Regiment+in+1715+and+of+its+subsequent+services+to+1842&rft.pub=J.+W.+Parker&rft.date=1842&rft.aulast=Cannon&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dyale.39002040782568%3Bview%3D1up%3Bseq%3D13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A12th+Royal+Lancers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCrow1972" class="citation book cs1">Crow, Duncan (1972). <i>British and Commonwealth Armoured Formations 1919–46</i>. Profile Publications Ltd, Great Bookham. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0853830818" title="Special:BookSources/978-0853830818"><bdi>978-0853830818</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+and+Commonwealth+Armoured+Formations+1919%E2%80%9346&rft.pub=Profile+Publications+Ltd%2C+Great+Bookham&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=978-0853830818&rft.aulast=Crow&rft.aufirst=Duncan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A12th+Royal+Lancers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdmonds1922" class="citation book cs1">Edmonds, Sir James Edward (1922). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/militaryoperatio01edmouoft/militaryoperatio01edmouoft_djvu.txt"><i>Military operations, France and Belgium, 1914</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Military+operations%2C+France+and+Belgium%2C+1914&rft.date=1922&rft.aulast=Edmonds&rft.aufirst=Sir+James+Edward&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fmilitaryoperatio01edmouoft%2Fmilitaryoperatio01edmouoft_djvu.txt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A12th+Royal+Lancers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoslen1960" class="citation book cs1">Joslen, Lieutenant-Colonel H.F. (1960) [1960]. <i>Orders Of Battle Second World War 1939–1945</i>. Naval & Military Press Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-474-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-474-1"><bdi>978-1-84342-474-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Orders+Of+Battle+Second+World+War+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.pub=Naval+%26+Military+Press+Ltd&rft.date=1960&rft.isbn=978-1-84342-474-1&rft.aulast=Joslen&rft.aufirst=Lieutenant-Colonel+H.F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A12th+Royal+Lancers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichards1895" class="citation book cs1">Richards, Walter (1895). <i>Her Majesty's Army</i>. Vol. 1. London: J.S. Virtue.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Her+Majesty%27s+Army&rft.pub=London%3A+J.S.+Virtue&rft.date=1895&rft.aulast=Richards&rft.aufirst=Walter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A12th+Royal+Lancers" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStewart1950" class="citation book cs1">Stewart, Patrick (1950). <i>History of the XII Royal Lancers</i>. Oxford University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+the+XII+Royal+Lancers&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1950&rft.aulast=Stewart&rft.aufirst=Patrick&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A12th+Royal+Lancers" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Royal_Lancers&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120810235504/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/RAC_9_12_Brief_history.pdf">Brief history of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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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" 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href="/wiki/1st_Regiment_of_Life_Guards" title="1st Regiment of Life Guards">1st Life Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Regiment_of_Life_Guards" title="2nd Regiment of Life Guards">2nd Life Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Horse_Guards" title="Royal Horse Guards">Royal Horse Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Composite_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Composite Regiment">Household Cavalry Composite Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Dragoon#Regiments_of_Dragoon_Guards" title="Dragoon">Dragoon Guards</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/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 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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 (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Hussars" title="11th Hussars">11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Hussars" title="13th Hussars">13th Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_King%27s_Hussars" title="14th King's Hussars">14th (King's) Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_The_King%27s_Hussars" title="15th The King's Hussars">15th (The King's) Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Royal_Hussars" title="18th Royal Hussars">18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Royal_Hussars" title="19th Royal Hussars">19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Hussars" title="20th Hussars">20th Hussars</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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