1759-66. The 16th Light Dragoons; also (popularly from its Colonel's
name) Burgoyne's Light Horse.
1766-69. The 2nd, Queen's, Light Dragoons.
1769-1815. The 16th, or The Queen's Light Dragoons.
1815 (from). The 16th, The Queen's Lancers.
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" on the Colours.
1761. Belle-Isle.
1762. Portugal.
1775-78. America.
1776. Brooklyn.
1776. White Plains.
1777. Brandywine.
1777. Germantown.
1778. Freehold.
1793-96. Flanders.
1793. Valenciennes.
1793. Dunkirk.
1794. Cateau.
1794. Tournay.
1794. West Indies.
1809-14. Peninsula.
*1809. Talavera.
*1811. Fuentes d'Onor.
1812. Llereena.
*1812. Salamanca.
*1813. Vittoria.
*1813. Nive.
*1815. Waterloo.
1815. Netherlands.
*1826. Bhurtpore.
*1839. Afghanistan.
*1839. Ghuznee.
*1843. Maharajpore.
*1846. Aliwal.
*1846. Sobraon.
1897. Dargai.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Scarlet (1759-83; possibly for a year or two after
formation this may have been red with yellow facings); Blue
(1783-1832); Scarlet (from 1832). Facings, Black (1759-66, but
see above); Dark Blue (1766-83); Scarlet (1783-1832); Blue (from
1832). Plume, Black.
REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Royal Cypher within the Garter." Motto,
"_Aut cursu, aut cominus armis_" (bestowed in 1766 for services
in Portugal on the regiment becoming "The Queen's.")
NICKNAME.--"The Red (or Scarlet) Lancers"; being the only Lancers
with the scarlet tunic.
NOTES.--Raised near London during the Seven Years' War. The first
Lancer regiment to serve in India.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 16th, or Queen's
Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers)._ 1759-1841. Illustrated
with a plate. [London: Parker. 1842.]
The Seventeenth (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers.
[Illustration: DEATH'S HEAD, WITH MOTTO, "OR GLORY."]