Royal Lancers

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The Royal Lancers is a British Army cavalry regiment that operates as an armoured reconnaissance unit within the Royal Armoured Corps.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
cavalry regiment
allegiance British Crown
belongsTo Field Army
beretColour black
capBadge skull and crossbones with laurel wreath and crown
ceremonialDressType lancer pattern uniform
ceremonialRole cavalry regiment of the line
commandStructure 1st (United Kingdom) Division
corps Royal Armoured Corps
country United Kingdom
dateFormed 2015-05-02
engagement Iraq War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan
equipmentType armoured fighting vehicles
formedByMergerOf Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
surface form: 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)

Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Queen's Royal Lancers
garrison Catterick Garrison
garrisonCountry England
hasSquadronType command and support squadron
headquarters squadron
reconnaissance squadron
headdress beret
insigniaFeature crossed lances
crown
skull and crossbones
language English
militaryBranch British Army
motto Death or Glory
nickname Death or Glory
partOf Royal Armoured Corps
precededBy Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
surface form: 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)

Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Queen's Royal Lancers
primaryFunction battlefield surveillance
intelligence gathering
screening and covering force operations
role armoured reconnaissance
service British Army armoured forces
size regiment
specialisation formation reconnaissance
traditionInheritedFrom Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
surface form: 12th Lancers

Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
surface form: 16th/5th Lancers

Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
surface form: 17th/21st Lancers

Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
surface form: 9th Lancers
type line cavalry
uniformColour blue

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Death or Glory associatedWith Royal Lancers
Royal Lancers formedByMergerOf Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
Royal Lancers formedByMergerOf Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Queen's Royal Lancers
Royal Armoured Corps includes Royal Lancers
Royal Lancers precededBy Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
Royal Lancers precededBy Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Queen's Royal Lancers
Royal Lancers traditionInheritedFrom Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 9th Lancers
Royal Lancers traditionInheritedFrom Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 12th Lancers
Royal Lancers traditionInheritedFrom Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 16th/5th Lancers
Royal Lancers traditionInheritedFrom Royal Lancers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 17th/21st Lancers