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16th (The Queen's) Lancers |
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1759 - 1922
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Some Titles.... |
1759 |
16th Regiment of
(Light) Dragoons |
1769 |
16th (or The Queen's) Regiment of
(Light) Dragoons |
1816 |
16th (The Queen's) Regiment of
(Light) Dragoons (Lancers) |
1861 |
16th (or Queen's)
Lancers |
1905 |
16th (The Queen's)
Lancers |
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Earliest recognised formation: |
When raised in 1759, although an earlier regiment ranked as the 16th
Dragoons raised in 1715 (The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Dragoons) may
lay claim, but that regiment was disbanded in 1718 |
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Motto: |
Aut cursu aut cominus armis
(Either in the charge or hand to hand) |
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Regimental Journal: |
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WWI: |
Battle Honours; 20 |
Victoria Crosses; 0 |
Died; 185 |
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Amalgamated: |
1922 with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers to form
the16/5th Queen's Royal Lancers. |
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Peninsula War 1808 - 1814 |
Military General Service Medal.
1793 - 1814 |
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86 | 48 |
62 | 71 |
80 | 30 |
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two officers on the staff list
received Orthes and Toulouse for service with other units |
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Battle Honours: Talavera, Fuentes
d'Onor, Salamanca,Vittoria, Nive, Peninsula. |
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Battle of Waterloo 1815
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Waterloo Medal 1815 (names on roll, includes died , missing
etc) | |
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Casualties 18th June 1815 (extracted London
Gazette 8/7/1815 & "Medals of the British Army and how they
were won" T. Carter 1861*) |
Officers: 1 Captain and 1 Coronet killed; 1 Lieutenant
Colonel, 1 Captain and 2
Lieutenants wounded. |
*Sergeants, Trumpeters, Drummers, Farriers and Rank and File:
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Wounded |
Missing |
Died of wounds |
Suffered amputation |
Discharged |
Transferred to Veteran or Garrison Battalions |
Rejoined the Regiment |
Remaining in hospitals in April 1816 |
Total |
Rejoined the Regiment |
Not since heard of, supposed dead. |
8 | - |
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2 | 4 |
4 | 11 |
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and 85 Horses Killed | |
*Carter's figures are in turn extracted from the return prepared by
the Adjutant-Generals office, 13th April 1816. |
Battle Honour; Waterloo. |
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Revolt
of the Rajah of Bhurtpoor 1825-26 |
Army of India Medal 1799 - 1826 |
Clasp: |
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Battle Honour: Bhurtpoor |
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First Afghan War 1839-1842 | Ghuznee Medal 1839 | number: | ? | | Battle Honour: Ghuznee 1839, Affghanistan
1839 |
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Gawalior Campaign 1843 | Gawalior Campaign Maharajpoor Star 1843 | | number: | ? | | Battle Honour: Maharajpore |
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The First Sikh War 1845 - 1846.
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The Sutlej Medal 1845 -46 | Battle Date | Aliwal 28/01/1846 |
10/02/1846 | numbers: |
551 | 439 |
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A recipients first battle corresponds to the medal reverse type, followed by clasp(s) for subsequent battles. |
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The
Nile Expedition 1884-5 A detachment of the 16th Lancers
formed a component of the Heavy Camel Regiment |
Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89 |
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* 3 officers and 43 other ranks
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Recipients also entitled to a Khedive's Star
dated 1884-6 |
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Anglo - Boer War 1899 - 1902 (Jan 1900-end of the war) |
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the
King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 |
Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: |
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1014 names on the roll. |
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Casualties: |
Officers |
NCOs and Men |
KIA & DOW/ DOD |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
KIA & DOW |
Death from disease |
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Battle Honour: Relief of Kimberley, Paardeburg, South Africa 1900-1902. |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918 Served France and Flanders. |
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16th August 1914 to France with the 3rd Cavalry
Brigade,, The Cavalry Division... 6th September 1914 3rd Cavalry
Brigade to Gough's Command, which on the 13th September 1914 became
2nd Cavalry Division. |
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Soldiers/Officers died records 185 casualties for
the period. |
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Men landed France and Flanders prior to 1/1/1916
entitled to a 1914 or 1914-15 Star
as appropriate. Also
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British War Medal & Victory Medal |
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Battle Honours: Mons; Le Cateau; Marne 1914; Aisne
1914; Messines 1914; Ypres 1914, 1915; Bellewaarde; Arras 1917;
Cambrai 1917; Somme 1918. Retreat from Mons; Armentières 1914;
Gheluvelt; St Julien; Scarpe 1917; Amiens; Hindenburg Line; Canal du
Nord; Pursuit to Mons; France and Flanders 1914-18. |
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Selected Links |
The Regimental Museum. (Located in )
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Selected Bibliography; |
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Author |
Title |
Publisher |
(Cannon's Historical
Records Series) |
Historical Record of the
Sixteenth, or The Queen's Regiment of Light Dragoons,
Lancers; containing an Account of the Formation of the
Regiment in 1759, and of its subsequent Services to 1841.
120 pp. |
London : John W.
Parker, 1842 |
Col. Henry Graham. |
History of the Sixteenth,
The Queen's Light Dragoons (Lancers), 1759 to 1912. 334 pp. |
Devizes: George
Simpson, privately printed, 1912. |
Col. Henry Graham. |
History of the Sixteenth,
The Queen's Light Dragoons (Lancers),1912 to 1925.
148 pp. |
Devizes: George Simpson,
privately printed, 1926 |
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Additional Bibliography for this
Page. |
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Author/Compiler |
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Officers of the
Regiment. |
Unpublished rolls in
the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. |
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Additional bibliography
same as Northumberland Fusiliers
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