1922 --17th/21st Lancers formed by amalgamation of 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge Own) and 21st Lancers (Empress of India)

1940 -- cadre detached to form 24th Lancers

1993 -- amalgamated with 16th/5th The Queens Royal Lancers to form The Queeen's Royal Lancers.

Battle Honours WW2

The Second World War: Tebourba Gap, Bou Arada, Kasserine, Thala, Fondouk, El Kourzia, Tunis, Hammam Lif, North Africa 1942-43, Cassino II, Monte Piccolo, Capture of Perugia, Advance to Florence, Argenta Gap, Fossa Cembalina, Italy 1944-45

 

The Queen's Royal Lancers Regimental Museum, Belvoir Castle, Grantham (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)

Deployment

1922.06.27 17th/21st Lancers
formed at Tidworth by amalgamation of 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own), and 21st Lancers (Empress of India's)
1922.06 England: Tidworth
1925 Aldershot
1928 Hounslow
1930 Egypt
1932 India: Bolarum
1936 Meerut
1938 mechanised
1939.09 UK
1940.06 UK 1 Motor MG Bde
1940.09 UK 26 Armd Bde, 6 Armd Div
1942.11 Tunisia
1944.03 Italy
1945.05 Austria
1946 UK RAC Training Regt
1949 Egypt
1951 ?? 7 Armd Bde
1958.07 ?? 4 Bde
1960 Hong Kong
1961.09 Aden (A Sqn & B Sqn) (sqns rotating on LSTs in Persian Gulf)
1962.09 at sea ship: Nevasa
1962 England: Carlisle
1964.01 Germany: Detmold 20 Armd Bde
1968.03 Northern Ireland: Omagh
1970 [B Sqn - Libya]
1971.11 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
1977.01 Germany: Münster 2 Armd Div
1979.05 England: Tidworth 8 Field Force
1982.01 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde (tank)
1982.08 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde [Challenger 1985-]
1987 England: Catterick tank training regt
1991.07 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde (tank)
1993.06.25 amalgamated with 17th/21st Lancers, to form The Queen's Royal Lancers