20th Lancers (Pakistan)

This article is about the Pakistan Army unit. For other regiments of the same name, see 20th Lancers (British Indian Army) and 20 Lancers (India).
20th Lancers
Active1922–1937; 1956 – Present
Country British India
 Pakistan
Branch British Indian Army
 Pakistan Army
TypeArmoured Regiment
SizeRegiment
EngagementsIndian Mutiny of 1857
Bhutan War 1864–65
Second Afghan War 1878–80
First World War 1914–18
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Battle honoursCharasiah, Kabul 1879, Afghanistan 1878–80, Neuve Chapelle, France and Flanders 1914–15, Kut al Amara 1917, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1916–18, Persia 1916–19, NW Frontier, India 1915, Sialkot 1965, Shakargarh 1971.[1]

The 20th Lancers is an armoured regiment in the Armoured Corps of the Pakistan Army. It is considered to be the successor of the old 20th Lancers of the British Indian Army. As part of a reorganization of the British Indian Army, the original 20th Lancers was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 14th Murray's Jat Lancers and the 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis).[2]

The modern regiment was formed in 1956 from Pakistan Punjab Regiment. 20 Lancers is also affiliated with Punjab Regiment and sometimes also called as 20 Lancers (Punjab)

  1. ^ Rodger, Alexander. (2003). Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662–1991. Ramsbury: The Crowood Press.
  2. ^ Gaylor, John (1991). Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–91. Stroud: Spellmount.