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Official Name

Duke of Cambridge's Own

Nickname

Death or Glory Boys

Motto

Death or Glory

Depot

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Recruiting Area

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Regimental Marches

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Regimental Anniversary

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Lieutenant Colonels

1923 - 1993

Uniforms

1993 -

Soldiers

1923 - 1993

Battle Honours

Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Sebastopol, Central India, South Africa 1879, South Africa 1900 - 02, Festubert 1914, Somme 1916 - 18, Morval, Cambrai 1917 - 18, St Quentin, Avre, Lys, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Hindenberg Line, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914 - 18.

Predecessor Units

17th Light Dragoons (1759 - 1821) 17th Lancers (1822 - 1922) 21st Lancers

Successor Units

The Queen's Royal Lancers

Suggested Reading

17th/21st Lancers by Ffrench Blake Victorian Colonial Warfare: Africa by Donald Featherstone