The Queen's Royal Lancers | |
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Active | 25 June 1993 | –2 May 2015
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Line Cavalry |
Role | Formation Reconnaissance |
Size | One regiment |
Part of | Royal Armoured Corps |
Garrison/HQ | RHQ - Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham Regiment - Catterick |
Nickname(s) | The Death or Glory Boys |
Motto(s) | Death or Glory |
March | Quick - Stable Jacket Slow - Omdurman |
Engagements | Battle of the Boyne War of the Spanish Succession American Revolution Napoleonic Wars Crimean War *Battle of Balaclava Indian Mutiny Mahdist War South Africa World War I World War II Iraq War War in Afghanistan |
Commanders | |
Current commander | None (regiment defunct) |
Colonel-in-Chief | HM The Queen |
Colonel of the Regiment | Major-General Patrick Marriott CB CBE |
Insignia | |
Tactical Recognition Flash | |
Abbreviation | QRL |
The Queen's Royal Lancers (QRL) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1993 and amalgamated with the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) on 2 May 2015 to form the Royal Lancers.