- January 2021
Letter from the Chairman of the RLOCA
25th January 202125 Jan 2021 Dear Old Comrades and Veteran Lancers, ‘Tank Tea’ – Thu 28 Jan 2021 at 1700-1800 hrs (the New Time). Remembering,…
Aliwal
25th January 2021The Charge at Aliwal 29th January 1846 The lance was first adopted by the cavalry of the British Army in 1816, after its effect…
BBC Last Word – James Nash 12L
13th November 2020Click on the arrow above to start the podcast.
November 2020October 2020El Alamein RL Emblazoned Battle Honour
21st October 2020El Alamein October 1942, 9L and 12L Preparations for the next offensive now pre-occupied the 9th Lancers and 12th Lancers which were now…
September 2020Amalgamation 9L & 12L 60th Anniversary
10th September 202060th Anniversary of the amalgamation between 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers and 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s) at Tidworth on Sunday 11th September 1960….
Battle of Blenheim 13th August 1704
14th August 2020The Battle of Blenheim 13th August 1704 (2nd August using the dating system used in England pre 1752) James Wynn’s Regiment of Dragoons (later…
August 2020Troop Sergeant Major David Spence VC, 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers
9th July 2020David Spence (1818-1877) was born in Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, to Robert Spence, a mason, and Agnes Anderson. David married Elspet Mathieson in 1835, when…