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9th Queen's Royal lancers, 12th Royal Lancers ( Prince of Wales's ) and
amalgamated regiment. The 9th / 12th Royal Lancers ( Prince of Wales' ).
and previous titles, the 12th Light Dragoons , in Military art Prints published
by Cranston Fine Arts, The military print company.
9th Queens Royal Lancers.
Raised in 1715, as Wynne's dragoons, changing their name to the 9th
Queen's Royal lancers in 1822.
Regimental Honours.
 | 1808 - 1814, peninsular War |
| 1843, Gwalior Campaign at Punniar |
| 1845 - 1846, First Sikh War at
Sobraon, |
| 1848 - 1849 Second Sikh War at
Chillianwallah, Goojerat, Punjaub. |
| 1857 - 1858 Indian Mutiny, at Delhi and Lucknow |
| 1878 - 1880 Second Afghan war, at
Charasiah, Kabul, Kandahar. |
| 1899 - 1902, Boer war, at Modder river, relief of Kimberley,
Paardebur. |
| 1914 - 1918. First World war at retreat from
Ons, marne Aisne, Messines, Ypres, Somme, Arras, Cambrai Rosieres, Pursuit to
Mons, |
| 1939 - 1945, second world war, at Somme 1940,
Gazala, Ruweisat, El Alamein, El Hamma, in North Africa 1942 - 1943, Defence of
Lamone,
Bridgehead, Argenta Gap in Italy 1944 - 1945. |
The regiment has received 14 Victoria Cross's, 12 of these were
awarded during the Indian Mutiny, one during the Zulu war, and one during
the First World war,
12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
Raised in 1715 as Bowles Dragoons, later becoming the 12th (The Prince
of Wales's) Royal Lancers in 1817.
Battle Honours to the Regiments.
| 1808 - 1814, Peninsula war, at Salamanca, |
| 1815, battle of Waterloo |
| 1851 - 1853 Eighth Kaffir War |
| 1854 - 1855. Crimean war., at Sebastopol |
| 1857 - 1858 Indian Mutiny |
| 1899 - 1902, Boer War, at relief of Kimberley, Paardeburg |
| 1914 - 1918 First World war, at
Mons, retreat from Mons, Marne, Aisne, Messines, Ypres, Arras, Cambrai, Somme 1918, Sambre |
| 1939 - 1945, Second World war,
Dyle, Dunkirk, 1940, and
between 1941 to 1943, in North Africa at Chor es Sufan, Gazala, El
Alamein, Tunis, and in Italy 1944 - 1945, at Bologna. |
Both regiments were amalgamated in 1960, to become the 9th / 12th Royal
Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
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