9th/12th Royal Lancers

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9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
Cap Badge of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers
Active	11 September 1960-
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Light Cavalry
Role	Formation Reconnaissance
Size	One regiment
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	RHQ - Leicester Regiment - Hohne, Germany
March	Quick - God Bless the Prince of Wales Slow - Men of Harlech/Coburg
Anniversaries	Mons/Moy
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	HRH The Duke of York
Colonel of the Regiment	Major-General Robin Vincent Searby, CB
Notable commanders	Richard McCreery
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

The 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

It was formed on 11 September 1960 in the garrison church at Tidworth from the amalgamation of the

Shortly after, the Regiment moved to Northern Ireland where both Parent Regiments had begun almost 250 years before.

The Regiment has a long and illustrious list of battle honours including World War I and World War II. In more recent times, B Squadron were the first armoured reconnaissance squadron to deploy to Bosnia when the hostilities began. It seems only fitting then, that they were also the last armoured reconnaissance squadron to leave Bosnia in October of 2003.

In 2005 the regiment serves in the formation reconnaissance role with 1st UK Armoured Division. They are, however, currently the Reconnaissance regiment for 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats) for deployment on operations in Iraq until mid 2006.

The regiment uses the CVR(T) family of vehicles in its role, with each of its three fighting squadrons holding a number of each variant.