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  • 9th/12th Royal Lancers
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  • The 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1960 by the amalgamation of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and the 12th Royal Lancers. It is currently a formation reconnaissance regiment, equipped with the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family of vehicles and attached to the 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats. The regiment is based in South Wigston, Leicestershire, along with its affiliated Territorial Army unit, The Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry, which forms B Squadron of The Royal Yeomanry.
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identification symbol 4 label
  • Abbreviation
Garrison
  • RHQ: South Wigston, Leicester
  • Regiment: Hohne, Germany
Branch
  • 23
ceremonial chief label
  • Colonel-in-Chief
command structure
Role
  • Formation Reconnaissance
identification symbol
  • 9
  • 100
Nickname
  • The Delhi Spearmen
ceremonial chief
  • HRH The Duke of York
Type
identification symbol label
  • Tactical Recognition Flash
Caption
  • Cap Badge of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Dates
  • --09-11
colonel of the regiment
  • Major-General J.H.T. Short CB OBE
Unit Name
  • 9
Title
Before
After
Anniversaries
  • Mons/Moy
March
  • Quick: God Bless the Prince of Wales
  • Slow: Men of Harlech, The Coburg March
Number of VCs
  • 15
Motto
  • Ich Dien
Size
  • One regiment
abstract
  • The 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1960 by the amalgamation of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and the 12th Royal Lancers. It is currently a formation reconnaissance regiment, equipped with the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family of vehicles and attached to the 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats. The regiment is based in South Wigston, Leicestershire, along with its affiliated Territorial Army unit, The Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry, which forms B Squadron of The Royal Yeomanry.