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TJmballa, P
unjab. I
16th (The Queen's) Lancers.
157
The Royal Cypher within the Garter. "AutCursu, aut Cominut amis." " Talavera " "Fuentes b'Okos "
Years'ser. " Salamanca "" Vittoria " "Nive" "Peninsula" "Waterloo" "Bhurtpoeb" "Afghanistan"
Ghuznee" "Maharajpore " "Aliwal" "Sobraon."
Colonel.— William Thomas Dickson, Cornet, P23 April 47; Zr. P25 Feb. 48 ; Capt. P25 April 51; Major, p i9
May 54; Bt.Lt. Colonel,. 26 Oct. 58; Lt. Colonel, »} Oct. 62 ; Colonel, 5 Jan. 64; Major General, iS July
69 ; Lieut. General, 1 July 8: ; Colonel 7'Hussars, 19 July 84; Colonel 16 Lancers, 12 Feb. 96.
Lieutenant Colonel. — Henry Leycester Aylmer, 1 Cornet, 25 Sept. 69; Lt. 28 Oct. 71 ; Capt. 1 Dec. 80;.
Major. 10 Sept. 90; Lt.ColonM, 1 Apr. 96.
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Pay.
30
H-dll
Pay.
16
Majohs.
Stephen Frewen, 2nd in Command 26^
June 90 )
Julian Oswald
«.c. Edward Cecil Bethune, 6 Dep Assist. \
Adjutant General, Nagpore, 8 Jan. 98 .... J
Henry Charles Higgs 7
Captains.
Lovelace Stamer, Adjutant 8 Yeomanry ~)
Brigade 1 Sept. 94 J
Henry Pownall Kirkpatrick, Adjutant g~)
Yeomanry Brigade 15 ApriL 96 j
p.s.c. Guy Percy Wyndham
Edw. de Grey Beaumont
Alister Grant Dallas 9
Ronald Francis Assheton Sloane-Stauley..
Hubert De La Poer (rough, StaJ? College ..
Maurice Lilburn MacEwen
I 2ND LIEUT.
24 July 78
22 Mar. 79
11 Aug. 80
22 Jan. 81
14 Sept. 87
6 Mar. 89
23 April 90
Lieutenants.
Edward Bagwell-Purefoy
Clive Maudonnell Dixon, 10 Aajutant E 1
Aug. 98 i
RobertLeuy Macalpine-Leny
George Edward Tuson 10 ,
"EC Alexander Edward, Fi»e?. Fincastle "
Edmund Francis Macnaghten
Robert Walter Dillon Bellew I
Cuthbert John Eccles j
Roland Haig I
Charles Lionel Kirwan Campbell
Second Lieutenants.
Algernon Ernest Hesketh
John Bertram Redfern Russell
Charles Edward St. John Harris....
Charles Fennelly Vanderbyl
Son. Cecil Montague Evans-Freke .
Arundell Neave
23 July
8 Oct.
8 Oct.
8 Oct.
30 May
10 Oct.
12 Mar.
1 Aug.
14 Nov.
13 Feb.
20 Feb.
29 May
29 May
9 Dec.
7 Apr.
11 May 98
9 Jan. 80
16 Oct. 80
;o Sept. 75
1 July 81
1 July 81
5 Dec. 83
23 Aug. 84
17 June 85
25 Aug. 86
8 May 89
23 July 90
23 May 91 1
9 Sept. 91!
27 Jan. 93!
17 Feb. 94
31 July 94
1 Sept. 94
13 Mar. 95
13 Mar. 95
4 Nov. 96I
24 Mar. 97
23 Nov. 981
5 May
8 Dec.
1 Feb.
:6 July
25 July
2 Sept.
10 Sept.
27 Jan.
7 Mar.
27 Jan.
22 Dec.
24 Mar.
BEEV.MAJ.
MAJOR.
27 Jan. 92
22 Dec. 94
4 Sept. 95
25 Nov. 96
Siding Master. — James Laing, 11 May 92 ; Son. Lieut.
Quarter Master. — Israel Hart, 12 23 Nov. 92; Son. Lieut.
Scarlet — Facings Blue.— Agents, Messrs. Cox and Co.
Embarked for India, 3 Sept. 1890.
1 Lt. Colonel Aylmer served in the Ashanti war from the 30th November 1S73 ; commanded the Cape Coast Volun-
teers of Wood's Regiment, with the advanced guard under Major Furze during the march to the Prah; and after-
wards commanded the post of Essiaman on the Line of Communications (Medal with Clasp).
6 Major Bethune served in the Afghan war of 1878-80, and was present in the operations around Cabul in
December 1879 (Medal with Clasp). Served with the 92nd Highlanders in the Boer war of 1881.
7 Major Higga served in the Nile Expedition in 1885 with the Light Camel Regiment (Medal with Clasp, and
Khedive's Star).
3 Captain Dallas served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in
1897 with the Tirah Expeditionary Force as Aide de Camp to Major General W. P. Symons, Commanding 1st
Division (mentioned in despatches, Medal with two Clasps).
10 Lieuis. Dixon and Tuson served with the Chitral Relief Force under Sir Robert Low in 1895 (Medal with
Clasp).
11 Lord Fincastle served in the campaign on the North West Frontier of India under Sir William Lockhart in
1897-98 as Aide de Camp to Sir Bind .n Blood, Commanding Malakand Field Force, and was present in the en-
gagement at ^Landakai ; also with the Buner Field Force as Aide de Camp to Sir Bindon Blood (three times
mentioned in despatches, TJiI, and Medal with two Clasps); was awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous
bravery during the operations on the North West Frontier of India in 1897, as here recorded: " Durin"- the
fighting at Nawa Xili, in Upper Swat, on the 17th August 1897, Lt.Colonei R. B. Adams proceeded with L?euts.
H. L. S. MacLean and Viscount Fincastle, and five men of the Guides, under a very heavy and close fire, to the"
rescue of Lieut. R. T. Greaves, Lancashire Fusiliers, who was lying disabled by a bullet wound and surrounded
by the enemy's swordsmen. In bringing him under cover he (Lieut. Greaves) was struck by a bullet and killed
Lieut. MacLean was mortally wounded— whilst the horses of Lt.Colonei Adams and Lieut. Viscount Fincastle were
shot, as well as two troop horses."
12 Lieut. Hart served in the Zulu war in 1879 (Medal with Clasp).
Record of the Services of the 16th (The Queen's) Lancers.
Raised as the 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons in 1759. Served at thesi3geof Belle Isle and in Portugal till
the end of the Seven Years' War. To America, 1776. Four Troops to Flanders, 1793 (remainder uncertain"). To
England, 1796. To Ireland, 1802. To England, 1805. To the Peninsula, 3809 (battles of Talavera, Fuentes d'Onor
Salamanca, Vittoria, and Nive). To England, 1814. To Belgium, 1815 (battle of Waterloo). To England 1815'
To Ireland, 1816. To England, 18:9. To Ireland, 1821. To England, 1822. To India, 1822 (battle of Bhurtpore
capture of Ghuznee, battles of Maharajpore, Aliwal.and Sobraon). To England, 1846. To Ireland i8« To
Scotland, 1857. To England, 1859. To India, 1865. To England, 1876. To Ireland, 1882. ToEngland '188S. To-
India, 1890. '