Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1715, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848.Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Twelfth, or the Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Lancers: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1715, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848.
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Royal Lancers, 12th
Leaving Canterbury in April, 1829, the regiment commenced its march
for Scotland, and after short halts at London and York, arrived at
Piershill-barracks, Edinburgh, on the 12th of May; one squadron
being stationed at Glasgow.
[Sidenote: 1830]
In April, 1830, the regiment embarked at Port Patrick for Ireland,
landed at Donaghadee, and marched from thence to Dublin.
In this year orders were received to resume wearing scarlet
clothing.
[Sidenote: 1831]
[Sidenote: 1832]
[Sidenote: 1833]
The head-quarters were removed to Newbridge in June, 1831, to Cork
in April, 1832, and in the spring of 1833 the regiment marched to
Dublin, where it embarked for England; it landed at Liverpool in
the middle of April, and proceeded from thence to Manchester.
Previous to the embarkation of the regiment from Dublin, a
dinner was given, at the Royal Hospital, to the whole of the
non-commissioned officers and privates, and to their wives and
children, by their colonel, Lieut.-General SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN,
Baronet, who was then commander of the forces in Ireland, as a
testimony of his approbation of the good conduct and efficient
services of the regiment. On his advancement to the dignity of LORD
VIVIAN, in 1841, he chose for one of his supporters "A bay horse,
guardant, caparisoned, thereon mounted a Lancer of the TWELFTH, or
Prince of Wales's, Royal Regiment of Lancers, habited, armed, and
accoutred, supporting his lance, proper."
[Sidenote: 1834]
[Sidenote: 1835]
[Sidenote: 1836]
From Manchester, the regiment marched in May, 1834, to Birmingham;
leaving this station in April, 1835, it proceeded to Dorchester,
and in the spring of 1836, to Coventry.
[Sidenote: 1837]
On the removal of Lieut.-General Sir Hussey Vivian to the Royal
Dragoons, he was succeeded in the colonelcy of the TWELFTH Royal
Lancers by Lieut.-General Sir Henry John Cumming, K.C.H., by
commission dated the 20th of January, 1837.
From Coventry the regiment marched, in May, 1837, to Hounslow.
On the 28th September the Twelfth Royal Lancers, with the First
Life Guards, and Grenadier Guards, were reviewed by the Queen in
the Home Park, Windsor, being the first troops reviewed by Her
Majesty after her accession to the throne; and on the 9th November
the regiment had the honor of escorting Her Majesty on her visit to
the City of London.
[Sidenote: 1838]
On the 28th of June, 1838, the regiment was on duty at the
coronation of Her Majesty the Queen Victoria. It is a singular
coincidence, that three of the cavalry regiments, which
attended the coronation of Her Majesty, were commanded by
lieutenant-colonels who served together in the TWELFTH Light
Dragoons at the battle of Waterloo, viz.:--
Lieut.-Colonel Stawell Twelfth Royal Lancers,
Lieut.-Colonel Chatterton Fourth Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, and
Lieut.-Colonel Vandeleur Tenth Royal Hussars.
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