In Collaboration With Charles Griffin


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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


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