TW32C04 - Trooper, 17th Lancers, Amiens 1918

T MMY’S WAR
1914-1918 in miniature
TW32C04 - Trooper 17th Lancers Amiens 1918
The History
The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) was raised in 1859
and is most known for it’s participation in the Charge of the Light
Brigade during the Crimean War and it’s engagement at Ulundi
during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879.
At the start of World War One the regiment was based in India and
landed in France as part of the 2nd Indian Brigade in the 1st Indian
Cavalry Division in November 1914 for service on the Western Front.
The regiment fought in its conventional cavalry role at the Battle
of Cambrai in November 1917 and was then transferred to the 7th
Cavalry Brigade, part of the 3rd Cavalry Division, in February 1918
and was used as mobile infantry, plugging gaps whenever the need
arose, both as cavalry and as infantry during the last-gasp German
Spring Offensive.
After the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918, the
regiment remained in continental Europe, joining the British Army
of the Rhine in Cologne.
The regiment then served in County Cork, Ireland, where it operated
during Irish Uprising of 1921, the title of the regiment was altered to
the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own).
In 1922 the Regiment was amalgamated with the 21st Lancers to
form the 17th/21st Lancers.
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