1922: 16th/5th Lancers - formed by amalgamation of 16th The Queen's Lancers and 5th Royal Irish Lancers.

1954: 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers.

1993: amalgamated with 17th/21st Lancer to form The Queen's Royal Lancers.

Deployment
1922.04.11 16th/5th Lancers
formed at Lucknow by amalgamation of 16th The Queen's Lancers, and 5th Royal Irish Lancers
1922.04 India: Lucknow
1923 Egypt
1926 England: Tidworth
1928 Hounslow
1929 Scotland: Edinburgh
1931 England: Tidworth 2 Cav Bde
1934 York
1936 Hounslow
1937.11 India: Secunderabad
1939.09 India: Secunderabad
1940.03 UK
1940 mechanised
1940.06 UK 1 Motor MG Bde
1940.09 UK 26 Armd Bde, 6 Armd Div
1942.11 Tunisia
1944.03 Italy
1945.05 Austria
1945? Germany
1946 Egypt
1950.02 Libya
1953.01 [Sudan (A Sqn)]
1953.07 Germany: Sennelager ? Bde
1956.04 Sennelager 4 Bde
1954.06.06 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
1957 England: Catterick tank training regt
1959.04 Germany: Osnabrück 12 Bde
1964.01 Hong Kong (A Sqn)
Aden & Bahrein (B & C Sqn rotating)
1964.12 England: Tidworth (Aliwal Barracks) tank
1968.01 Germany: Fallingbostel 11 Bde
1971.11 Northern Ireland: Omagh
1973.05 England: Tidworth Recce
1973 Cyprus (A Sqn)
Cyprus (B Sqn)
Hong Kong (C Sqn) UNFICYP
1974? England: Tidworth
1974.10 Germany: Wolfenbüttel I Corps (recce)
1977.01 Germany: Wolfenbüttel 1 Armd Div (recce)
1980.11 England: Bovington RAC Centre Regt
1983.01 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde (recce)
1983.12 (Lebanon: Beirut (A Sqn)) MNF (BRITFORLEB)
1984.03 England: Tidworth 1 Inf Bde (recce)
1986.11 Germany: Herford 4 Armd Div (recce)
1990.09 (Persian Gulf)
1991.04 Germany: Herford 4 Armd Div (recce)
1991.07 Germany: Wimbish 19 Inf Bde (recce)
1993.06.25 amalgamated with 17th/21st Lancers, to form The Queen's Royal Lancers

Victoria Cross - Iain Stewart site

The Queen's Royal Lancers Museum