UNIFORM.--Scarlet (1759-83; possibly for a year or two after formation this may have been red with yellow facings); Blue (1783-1832); Scarlet (from 1832). Facings, Black (1759-66, but see above); Dark Blue (1766-83); Scarlet (1783-1832); Blue (from 1832). Plume, Black. REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"The Royal Cypher within the Garter." Motto, "_Aut cursu, aut cominus armis_" (bestowed in 1766 for services in Portugal on the regiment becoming "The Queen's.") NICKNAME.--"The Red (or Scarlet) Lancers"; being the only Lancers with the scarlet tunic. NOTES.--Raised near London during the Seven Years' War. The first Lancer regiment to serve in India. BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 16th, or Queen's Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers)._ 1759-1841. Illustrated with a plate. [London: Parker. 1842.] The Seventeenth (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers. [Illustration: DEATH'S HEAD, WITH MOTTO, "OR GLORY."] TITLES. 1759-63. The 18th Light Dragoons. 1763-66. The 17th Light Dragoons. 1766-69. The 3rd Light Dragoons. 1769-1822. The 17th Light Dragoons. 1822-76. The 17th Lancers. 1876 (from). The 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers. PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c. * "Honours" on the Colours. 1761. Germany. 1775-83. America. 1775. Bunker's Hill. 1776. Brooklyn. 1778. Freehold. 1795. West Indies. 1806. Buenos Ayres. 1807. Monte Video. 1815-20. Cutch. 1816-18. Pindaree War. *1854. Alma. *1854. Balaclava. *1854. Inkerman. 1855. Eupatoria. *1855. Sevastopol. 1858. Indian Mutiny. *1858. Central India. *1879. South Africa. 1900. South Africa. UNIFORM.--Scarlet (1759-84); Blue (1784-1830); Scarlet (1830-40); Blue (from 1840). Facings, White (from 1759). Plume, White. REGIMENTAL BADGE.--"A Death's Head," with the words "Or Glory." This, chosen by Colonel Hale, who raised the corps in Hertfordshire and near London, was intended to commemorate the death of General Wolfe at Quebec (1759). Colonel Hale was with him at the time, and subsequently bore the home despatches. NICKNAME.--"The Death or Glory Boys," or "The Skulls and Crossbones" (_see_ Badge); "Bingham's Dandies" (_circa_ 1826)--one of its Colonels, Lord Bingham, insisting on perfection of fit in uniform, and smartness in accoutrement; "The Gentleman Dragoons;" "The Horse Marines" (when employed as marines on board the _Hermione_ frigate on the West India station in 1795). NOTES.--First raised as the 18th Light Dragoons, and renumbered on the disbandment of the old 17th. This regiment was one of those taking part in the famous charge at Balaclava. Renamed in 1876 in honour of the Duke of Cambridge, who served in its ranks. BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of the 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers)._ 1759-1841. Illustrated with plates. [London: Parker. 1841.]