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  17 Jan
  Battlegroup Headquarters and LOCONs from Squadrons deployed on Ex SPECULAR
  24 Jun -21 Jul
  C Sqn lead the regimental B3 gunnery course qualifying 19 30mm gunners
  5 Feb
  The Commanding Officer was dined out of the Officers’ Mess
  1 Jul
  Major Horsfall assumed command of D Sqn
  8 Feb
  Lt Col ANB Foden DSO MBE assume command of The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths’ Own)
  12 Jul
  The funeral was held for Trooper Holmes, D Sqn
  20 Feb
  The Regiment undertook Ex CHEQUERED FLAG, the validation exercise for Op TEMPERER
  17 Jul
  The Commanding Officer, RSM, Adjt and RCMO visit phase 2 recruits at Bovington and held a function for all Lancers posted to the area
  4-8 Mar
  C Sqn conducted Ex MEDLARs CALYX a dismounted recce exercise in North Yorkshire
  20 Jul
  The Officers’ Mess held its annual party
  12 Mar
 The Commanding Officer, the former Commanding Officer, Lt Col H L Searby OBE, the Colonel of the Regiment and the Regimental Secretary attended a private office call with Her Majesty The Queen, The Colonel in Chief of The Royal Lancers
 29 Jul
  The Regiment conducted a battlefield study, Ex CASSINO LANCER, following the actions of 12L, 16/5L and 17/21L in Italy during World War 2
  23 Mar
  Battlegroup Headquarters deployed to Fort Hood, Texas to exercise as the Divisional Reconnaissance Battlegroup on Ex WARFIGHTER
  9 Aug
  2Lts Aldridge and Cox commissioned into the Regiment
  13 Apr
  2Lt Ozanne commissioned into the Regiment
  1 Sep
  The Regiment deployed to Gunnery Camp at Castlemartin Ranges
  17 Apr
  A Regimental Council meeting was held at The Cavalry and Guards Club
  30 Sep
  The funeral was held for Major Welborn
  29 Apr
  The Regiment returned from Easter stand-down
  10 Oct
  The Regimental Boxing night, The Peto Cup, was held at Cambrai Lines
  1 May -2 Jun
  C Sqn deployed on Ex TUNIS LANCER, a four week package that included dismounted ranges in Germany, simulated training in CATT Germany and mounted manoeuvre on Salisbury Plain
  11 Nov
  D Sqn were visited by 413 Jagerbatallion in preparation for Ex ALTMARK in 2020
  12 Nov
  The Balaclava Dinner night was held in the Officers’ Mess
  7 May
  The Commanding Officer visited C Sqn on Salisbury Plain Training Area
  4 Dec
  The Brigg’s Bash was held at Adrenalin, Richmond, N Yorks
  13-17 May
  B Squadron deployed on Ex BANNOCKBURN LANCER, a dismounted range package in Barry Buddon Training Area
  7 Dec
  The Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ Mess held their Christmas function
  25 May
  The Regiment departed on half term leave
  13 Dec
  2Lts Hedegaard and Brockbank commissioned into the Regiment
  9 Jun
  The Colonel of the Regiment watched his Regiment march past for the final time, and handed over the role of Colonel of the Regiment to Col RA Charrington
                                  REGIMENTAL JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL LANCERS (QUEEN ELIZABETHS’ OWN)
 Regimental Diary 2019
  7 Jan 26 Jan
7 Feb
14 Feb
1 Mar
8 Mar
14 Mar
9-10 Apr 16 Apr
18 Apr
29 Apr -8 May
5-26 May
9 May
14 May 8 Jun
The Regiment returned from Christmas stand-down
The Colonel of the Regiment, Colonel Andrew Hughes OBE, visited the Regiment on Salisbury Plain
The Commanding Officer was dined out of the Warrant Officers’ and Seniors’ Mess
The Commanding Officer represented the Regiment at 12 Armoured Infantry Brigade Command Group
The Royal Lancers took on the role of UK Standby Battalion for OP TEMPERER
Capt Kellard represented the Regiment at the Grand Military Cup, pulling up his horse due to injury
The funeral was held for Tpr Marchant, A Squadron
Ex DALE LANCER – B Squadron AT Package
Battlegroup Headquarters returned from Ex WARFIGHTER
The Regiment departed on Easter stand-down
B Sqn conducted Ex BANNISTER LANCER, a health and fitness directive
A Sqn deployed on Ex TUNIS LANCER, a three-week package that included simulated training in CATT Germany and mounted manoeuvre training on Salisbury Plain
The Commanding Officer visited D Sqn on Ex ARROW
The Commanding Officer visited the Regiment’s affiliated ship, HMS Prince of Wales
The Regiment held its biennial Regimental weekend at Cambrai Lines, Catterick
10-21 Jun
1 Jul
1-12 Jul 13 Jul
17-28 June
24-26 Jul
3 Aug 26 Aug
20 Sep 03-18 Oct
3-9 Nov
11-30 Nov
25-29 Nov
5 Dec
10 Dec
A Sqn deployed on Ex WOAD LANCER, a live fire and dismounted reconnaissance exercise in Tain and Golspie, Scotland
The Regiment held a Command Conference at the Thoresby Museum with a guided tour provided by the Assistant Regimental Secretary (Heritage) Capt (Retd) Mick Holtby
Regimental PNCO Cadre in Dartmoor
The Royal Lancers represent the United Kingdom as part of the Paris Bastille day celebrations. The guidon is paraded
Ex BANNOCKBURN LANCER 2 – B Squadron’s live fire dismounted range package in Castlemartin
Representatives from the Regiment attended the handover of command ceremony for the 1er Régiment d’Infanterie Marine (1RIMa), our paired French regiment, in Anglouleme, France
The Regiment departed on summer stand-down The Regiment returned from summer stand-down
The Regiment returned from Castlemartin ranges
The Regimental Cambrian Patrol team gained a silver medal
The Officers’ Mess deployed on Ex FINAL FLING
C Sqn deployed Lt Batterbury and 14 Sp to Ex RATTLESNAKE, Louisiana working with the Scots Guards BG
The Regiment competed in Ex HODSON’S HORSE, the RAC sports competition, Bovington
The Regimental council meeting was held ahead of the annual Officers’ Dinner night
The Commanding Officer and Regimental Sergeant Major visited the Commissioning of the HMW Prince of Wales in Portsmouth
  14 Dec
The Regiment departed on Christmas stand-down
 
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