1914-10-17 - The Royal Lancers

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This Day in History: 1914-10-17

FINCH. LEONARD EDWARD Age: 39 Quartermaster Sergeant 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers United Kingdom ‘GL/3793’

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Deaths - We will remember them: 1915 BONES. FREDERICK Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers United Kingdom 'L/3966'; 1916 CLOVER. Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers France '3026'; 1943 DINES. STANLEY SAMUEL Age: 38 Trooper 12th Royal Lancers Tunisia '2561135'; 1943 PARDOE. FREDERICK GEORGE Age: 22 Trooper 12th Royal Lancers Tunisia '321464'; 1943 PARKER. SIDNEY WILLIAM Age: 22 Corporal 12th Royal Lancers Tunisia '7915884'; 1943 PROCTOR. CHARLIE Age: 28 Trooper 12th Royal Lancers Tunisia '4536533'; 1943 BAKER. JOHN Age: 21 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7892544'; 1943 BAX. HUBERT ERIC Age: 23 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7955550'; 1943 FISHER. ARTHUR Age: 33 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7954058; 1943 GARTON. THOMAS Age: 23 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7954058'; 1943 HAMILTON. THOMAS Age: 35 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7942945'; 1943 MACRORIE. HUGH DOIG Age: 21 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7948846'; 1943 MILLS. DEMOND W. Age: 21 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7948289'; 1943 MUNRO. ALISTER LOCKWOOD Age: 34 Lance Corporal 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7917789'; 1943 NOBLE. ALFRED L. Age: 23 Lance Sergeant 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7905586'; 1943 RICE. CLEM LAND Age: 29 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7955735'; 1943 ROWLAND. EDWIN HENRY Age: 20 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7958173'; 1943 STRIVENS. RONALD Age: 20 Trooper 17th/21st Lancers Tunisia '7959290'; 1943 THUSTAIN. JAMES GEORGE Age: 30 Trooper 17/21st Lancers Tunisia '404456'; 1945 McCALLUM. IAN WALLACE Age: 21 Lieutenant 27th Lancers Italy '299739'; 1945 WARING. STANLEY Age: 27 Corporal 16th/5th Lancers Italy '7954510'; 1948 GRAVES. JOSEPH Age: 27 Lance Corporal 17th/21st Lancers Palestine '19040707'; 1963 BOWERS. JOHN ROBERT Age: 36 WOll 16th/5th Lancers W Europe '19039355'; 1963 PHILPOTT. JAMES MURRAY Age: 23 Lance Corporal 16th/5th Lancers W Europe '23544058'

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Lieutenant Colonel N C Everard
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Major P A Watson
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