Category: The 12th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Light Dragoons

Categories: British Army | 12th Royal Lancers


The 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army first formed in 1715.

It was raised in Reading by Brigadier-General Phineas Bowles as the Phineas Bowles's Regiment of Dragoons in July 1715 as part of the response to the Jacobite rebellion.

Later, it was redesignated as the Category:12th Royal Lancers


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07 Sep 1776 England - aft 15 Jan 1861




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