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THE ROYAL

PRESENTATION OF THEIR FIRST GUIDON BY

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN COLONEL IN CHIEF OF THE

WINDSOR CASTLE WEDNESDAY 5TH APRIL 2017 31651_Lancers Booklet_Final:Layout 1 27/03/2017 16:50 Page 4

COLONEL IN CHIEF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

DEPUTY COLONELS IN CHIEF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK KG HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS ALEXANDRA KG

COLONEL BRIGADIER AG H UGHES CBE

COMMANDING OFFICER LIEUTENANT COLONEL HL S EARBY OBE

ADJUTANT CAPTAIN TCI P RITCHARD

QUARTERMASTER CAPTAIN J R ICKETT

REGIMENTAL CHAPLAIN THE REVEREND GL C OLLINGWOOD CF

REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR WARRANT OFFICER CLASS ONE CW B ORTHWICK

REGIMENTAL SECRETARY MAJOR (R ETIRED ) MDA P OCOCK

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PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

The Queen and The Duke of York arrive in St George’s Hall at 11.40 a.m. Fanfare and Royal Salute The Commanding Officer states the parade The Guidon is marched on parade Fanfare The Chaplain General consecrates the Guidon The Queen presents the Guidon to Her Regiment Address by The Queen The Colonel of the Regiment replies The Commanding Officer asks permission to dismiss the Parade Royal Salute and National Anthem The Queen and Duke of York withdraw to the Lantern Lobby to meet former Colonels of the Regiment The Guidon is marched off parade The Queen and Duke of York return to St George’s Hall for a photograph The Queen and Duke of York move to the Grand Reception Room for the reception The Queen and the Duke of York depart at 12.30

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MUSIC PROGRAMME DURING THE CEREMONY

The Band of the Director of Music Major IM Johnson

Fanfare Knightsbridge Royal Salute “National Anthem”

Fanfare The Arrival Regimental Quick March Wellington

Royal Salute “National Anthem”

Regimental Quick March Wellington

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THE CONSECRATION

Commanding Officer shall say: ‘Reverend Sir, on behalf of The , I ask you to bid God’s blessing on this Guidon’

The Regimental Chaplain shall say:

‘We are ready to do so’

‘For as much as men in all ages have made themselves signs and emblems of their allegiance to their rulers, and of their duty to uphold those laws and institutions which God’s providence has called them to obey: we, following this ancient and honoured custom, stand before God this day to ask his blessing on this Guidon, and to pray that they may be an abiding symbol of our duty towards our Sovereign and our Country, and a sign of our resolve to guard, preserve and sustain the great traditions of bravery and self- sacrifice of which we are the proud inheritors.’

The Regimental Chaplain shall say:

‘Let us pray’

‘Almighty God, from whom all power and wisdom are derived, we humbly beseech Thee to bless Thy servant our gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth. Let Thy grace enlighten her, Thy goodness confirm her, and Thy providence protect her, and grant that she, and all who are in authority under her, may advance Thy glory, and the welfare of her people; through Jesus Christ our Lord.’ Amen .

‘O Lord our God, who from Thy throne beholdest all kingdoms of the earth, have regard unto our land, that it may continue a place and a people to serve Thee to the end of time. Guide the Governments of this great Commonwealth of Nations, and grant that all those who live beneath our flag may be mindful of that threefold cross, that they may work for the good of others, according to the example of Him who died in the service of men, Thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ our Lord.’ Amen .

‘Remember, O Lord, what thou hast wrought in us, and not what we deserve, and as Thou has called us to Thy service, make us worthy of our calling, through Jesus Christ our Lord.’ Amen .

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The Chaplain General shall say:

‘In the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do consecrate and set apart this Guidon, that it may be a sign of our duty towards our Queen and Country in the sight of God.’ Amen .

Lord’s Prayer: ‘Our Father, which art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.’ Amen .

The Chaplain General shall say:

‘O Lord, who rulest over all things, accept, we beseech Thee, our service this day. Bless what we have blessed in Thy Name. Let Thy gracious favour rest on those who shall follow the Guidon now about to be committed to their trust. Give them courage and may they show self control in the hour of success, patience in the time of adversity; and may their honour lie in seeking the honour and the glory of Thy great Name. Guide the counsels of those who shall lead them by Thy help in time of need. Grant that they may all so faithfully serve Thee in this life, that they fail not finally to obtain an entrance into Thy Heavenly Kingdom, through the merits of Thy Blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.’ Amen .

The Regimental Chaplain shall say:

‘Oh Eternal God, we thy servants of The Royal Lancers, pray that we may ever give loyal, obedient and selfless service to You, our Heavenly Father, to our anointed Sovereign and to our country. Strengthen us with courage, so that we may finally pass through death to everlasting glory, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.’ Amen .

The Chaplain General: The Blessing

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BATTLE HONOURS

BLENHEIM SUAKIN 1885 HAZEBROUCK FONDOUK RAMILLES KHARTOUM AMIENS KAIROUAN OUDENARDE DEFENCE OF LADYSMITH ALBERT 1918 BORDJ MALPAQUET MODDER RIVER EL KOURZIA BEAUMONT RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY CANAL DU NORD DJEBEL KOURINE WILLEMS PAARDEBERG ST QUENTIN CANAL TUNIS EGYPT 1899 BEAUREVOIR HAMMAM LIF TALAVERA -1902 SAMBRE GROMBALLA FUENTES D’ ONOR MONS PURSUIT TO MONS CRETEVILLE PASS SALAMANCA LE CATEAU & F LANDERS BOU FICHA VITTORIA RETREAT FROM MONS 1914-18 N. A FRICA 1941-43 NIVE MARNE 1914 DYLE CASSINO II PENINSULA AISNE 1914 DEFENCE OF ARRAS LIRI VALLEY WATERLOO LA BASSEE 1914 ARRAS COUNTER ATTACK MONTE PICCOLO BHURTPORE MESSINES 1914 SOMME 1940 CAPTURE OF PERUGIA GHUZNEE 1839 ARMENTIERES 1914 DUNKIRK 1940 AREZZO 1839 YPRES 1914, 15 WITHDRAWAL TO SEINE ADVANCE TO FLORENCE MAHARAJPORE GHELUVELT NORTH -W EST EUROPE CITERNA PUNNIAR FESTUBERT 1914 1940 ALIWAL NEUVE CHAPELLE CHOR ES SUFAN CORIANO SOBROAN GRAVENSTAFEL SAUNNU CAPTURE OF FORLI CHILLIANWALLAH ST JULIEN GAZALA LAMONE CROSSING GOOJERAT FREZENBURG BIR EL ASLAGH PIDEURA PUNJAUB BELLEWARDE SIDI REZEGH 1942 DEFENCE OF LAMONE SOUTH AFRICA 1851-53 N.W. F RONTIER RUWEISAT BRIDGEHEAD ALMA 1915, 16 RUWEISAT RIDGE CONVENTELLO -C OMACCHIO BALAKLAVA SOMME 1916, 18 DEFENCE OF THE ALAMEIN ARGENTA GAP INKERMAN POZIERES LINE SILLARO CROSSING SEVASTOPOL FLERS COURCELETTE ALAM EL HALFA TRAGHETTO DELHI 1857 MORVAL EL ALAMEIN FOSSA CEMBALINA LUCKNOW ARRAS 1917 TEBOURBA GAP BOLOGNA CENTRAL INDIA SCARPE 1917 BOU ARADA IDICE BRIDGEHEAD CHARASIAH CAMBRAI 1917, 18 ADVANCE ON TRIPOLI ITALY 1944-45 SOUTH AFRICA 1879 ST QUENTIN KASSERINE WADI AL BATIN KABUL 1879 ROSIERES THALA GULF 1991 KANDAHAR 1880 AVRE TEBEGA GAP BASRA AFGHANISTAN 1878-80 LYS EL HAMMA IRAQ 2003 AKARIT

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HISTORY OF THE ROYAL LANCERS

Wynne’s Regiment of Enniskillen was raised in 1689 before being disbanded in 1799. It was raised again in 1858 as the 5th Royal Irish Lancers. The 9th Lancers and the 12th Lancers were both formed in 1715 as of in response to the Jacobite rebellion against King George 1. The 16th Light Dragoons were raised in 1759 and first saw action in the American War of Independence; the 17th Light Dragoons were raised in 1759 following General Wolf’s death in Quebec, with the regiment’s motto of a Death’s Head and the scroll ‘Or Glory’ chosen in commemoration. The Marquis of Granby raised the 21st Light Dragoons in 1760, the regiment being disbanded and raised twice more as campaigns required; it was raised for a fourth time in 1858. The 9th, 12th and 16th Lancers have the distinction of being three of the original five regiments of Lancers converted from Light Dragoons by the Duke of Wellington in 1816.

The 16th Lancers first used the lance in action at Bhurtpore in 1825 and, after the battle of Aliwal in 1846, its lance pennons, which were encrusted with blood appeared to be crimped so it became a tradition to have 16 creases in the lance pennons. The 17th Light Dragoons was the first regiment deployed in the American war of Independence and in October 1854, as the , the regiment charged with the Light Brigade at Balaklava, earning three VCs. In 1857 both the 9th and 12th Lancers fought throughout the Indian Mutiny where the 9th were awarded 13 VCs. In 1858 at Sindwaho, Lt later FM Sir Henry Wood 17th Lancers was awarded the VC. In 1879 Capt The Lord Beresford of the 9th Lancers received the VC while serving in South Africa. Later in 1897 Lt The Viscount Fincastle 16th Lancers won a VC during the Tirah Campaign. In 1898 the charged the Dervishes at Omdurman, winning three VCs and the suffix title – (Empress of India’s). During the Boer War of 1899- 1902, the 5th, 9th, 12th, 16th and 17th Lancers all saw service, with Lt FB Dugdale, 5th Lancers and Sgt BTT Lawrence, 17th Lancers both winning VCs.

All regiments would see service in World War 1, with the 5th Lancers being the last to leave Mons in the retreat of 1914 and the first to re-enter the town in 1918. While the 9th conducted the last lance against lance of the war at Moncel and Capt FO Grenfell won the VC at Audregnies. In 1915, Pte C Hull, 21st Lancers gained a VC at Hafiz Khor. In 1917, at Bourlon Wood, Pte GWB Clare 5th Lancers was awarded the regiment’s last VC.

During the Second World War the 12th were heavily involved in the retreat to Dunkirk and the 9th fought at El Alamein. The 16th/5th and 17th/21st fought in North Africa and Italy. It was at Fondouk that the 17th/21st was tasked to clear a route through a heavily defended pass, sustaining heavy losses. Since the end of the Second World War the regiments have seen service in Palestine, Malaya, Aden, Hong Kong, Northern , , Lebanon, the Gulf, the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Germany; serving with both NATO and the UN. At the time of amalgamation the regiment has the distinction of being awarded a total of 27 VCs. 7 31651_Lancers Booklet_Final:Layout 1 27/03/2017 16:50 Page 12

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THE ROYAL LANCERS GUIDON

THE OBVERSE

The use of Queen Elizabeth II’s cypher on the Guidon was a distinction granted to the 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers when they received their Guidon in March 1959. In 1993, on their amalgamation with the 17th/21st Lancers the distinction was carried forward to the Guidon of The Queen’s Royal Lancers. Following the amalgamation of the 9th/ (Prince of Wales’s) with The Queen’s Royal Lancers the distinction was carried forward with Her Majesty’s cypher being superimposed on two lances in saltire with the strap bearing the regiment’s title and encircled by the National Wreath of roses, thistles and shamrocks and surmounted by the Royal Crown. This central device appears on both the obverse with the emblazoned battle honours before WW1 and the reverse.

On the obverse of the Guidon, the Sphinx, superscripted with Egypt, is immediately below the central device and is a unique theatre honour embellishment rather than a title scroll. It was awarded to the 12th Light Dragoons for the Egypt campaign (1801) and was the first to be used for a campaign and the first to use a badge to commemorate the award. The corners of the Guidon carry eight historical and distinctive symbols; two represent the golden thread between the and The Royal Lancers – the White Horse of Hanover and the initials RL. The other corners are occupied by important and treasured symbols of each of the six founding antecedent regiments.

In the first quarter (or top left of the obverse side of the Guidon) there is within a stylised circlet, the White Horse of Hanover which has traditionally (since 1751) been shown on standards, guidons and colours of the British Army. In the second quarter within a National Wreath is the cypher of Queen Victoria, Empress of India; the use of this cypher was a distinction granted to the 21st Lancers in 1898 after the Battle of Omdurman. In the third quarter within the National Wreath is the cypher of Queen Charlotte which was adopted by the 16th Light Dragoons after King George III granted them the distinction of being known as the 16th The Queen’s Light Dragoons on the 20th May 1766; they had enjoyed considerable royal favour after their distinguished service in Portugal a few years earlier under General Burgoyne. In the fourth quarter is the Motto of the 17th Lancers which was adopted as their badge in memory of General Wolfe, who died after winning the Battle of Quebec in 1759. Colonel John Hale, a close personal friend of Wolfe’s, brought news to London of the victory and Wolfe’s death. He was invited to form a regiment of Light Dragoons and chose the death’s head motto as the regimental badge in memory of Wolfe’s death and the victory at Quebec. 9 31651_Lancers Booklet_Final:Layout 1 27/03/2017 16:50 Page 7

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THE ROYAL LANCERS GUIDON

THE REVERSE

On the reverse of the Guidon below, Queen Elizabeth II’s cypher is the regimental badge of The Royal Lancers, a pair of thigh bones surmounted by a silver Death’s Head upon two lances crossed in saltire, a scroll across the lower portion of the lances is inscribed OR GLORY. This badge when worn on headdress is referred to as the Motto.

In the first quarter is an Irish Harp ensigned by the Royal Crown within the National Wreath which distinction was granted to Ross’s Dragoons on being granted the title of Royal Dragoons of Ireland by Queen Anne in March 1704. In the second quarter, within a stylised circlet are the letters RL being the official abbreviation of the regiment’s title. In the third quarter, within a stylised circlet is the cypher of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who graciously accepted the appointment of Colonel in Chief of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers on 1st June 1953 and who subsequently was Colonel in Chief of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) until her death in March 2002. In the fourth quarter within the National Wreath is the Badge of the Heir Apparent which distinction dates from 1768 when King George III granted the distinction of wearing the Prince of Wales’s Badge to the 12th Dragoons which were then retitled the 12th or The Prince of Wales’s Regiment of Light Dragoons. The Prince of Wales feathers were the centrepiece of the 12th Lancers and the 9th/12th Lancers cap badge and are today worn surmounted upon two lances crossed in saltire as an arm badge by all ranks of The Royal Lancers.

As well as the royal distinctions that are carried on the Guidon the regiment has been granted the following distinctions:

On the 23rd July 1830 William IV published an order that the 9th Lancers should assume the title of the 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers, after Queen Adelaide, and ordered that her cypher was to be borne on regimental buttons and appointments. It is worn as a collar badge by all ranks of The Royal Lancers.

On acceding to the throne HM Queen Elizabeth II confirmed that she would continue to be Colonel in Chief of the 16th/5th Lancers and granted them the title of 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers and the distinction of “The Queen’s Badge” which was worn as a collar badge. After amalgamation, with the 17th/21st Lancers, on 25th June 1993 it continued to be worn as a collar badge of The Queen’s Royal Lancers and, after the 11 amalgamation, in 2015 as a pouch box badge of The Royal Lancers. 31651_Lancers Booklet_Final:Layout 1 27/03/2017 16:50 Page 3

PARTICIPANTS IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE GUIDON

THE CHAPLAIN GENERAL THE REVEREND DOCTOR DG C OULTER CB QHC REGIMENTAL CHAPLAIN THE REVEREND GL C OLLINGWOOD CF

COMMANDING OFFICER LIEUTENANT COLONEL HL S EARBY OBE ADJUTANT CAPTAIN TCI P RITCHARD REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR WARRANT OFFICER CLASS ONE CW B ORTHWICK GUIDON PARTY WARRANT OFFICER CLASS TWO (RQMS) KM H OUGH WARRANT OFFICER CLASS TWO DP L UCAS WARRANT OFFICER CLASS TWO SD W EAVER

LANCE GUARD COMMANDER STAFF SERGEANT R M UKUNGUNUGWA STAFF SERGEANT CD P ULLEN SERGEANT DS F REEMAN SERGEANT MG R OGERS SERGEANT RA S MITH SERGEANT DM V EALE SERGEANT MTW W OOLF CORPORAL SP E LLERBY CORPORAL JD M ARSDEN LANCE CORPORAL B H AWKINS LANCE CORPORAL J T ERRY TROOPER NJ C LEGG TROOPER DJJ P ARR -L EONARD TROOPER BCD W ALLACE -M CAULEY

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