WWII 17th/21st Duke of Cambridge Own Lancers

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You are viewing the scans for a 1922 pattern 17th Duke of Cambridge Own Lancers 17th/21st cap badge with both lug attachments in good usable order. This version is NOT the aluminum staybright of the 1960's but is an original 1922 pattern badge made of heavy age darkened white metal.

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Some History ...

The 17th/21st Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in England by the amalgamation of the 17th Lancers and the 21st Lancers in June of 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it amalgamated with the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers in 1993.

In September of 1939, the regiment transferred back to the United Kingdom, from where it had been stationed in India, and became part of the 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade defending south-east England during the "Blitz". On 12 October 1940, the 1st Motor Machine Gun Brigade became the 26th Armoured Brigade. On 9 November 1940, the brigade became part of the newly raised 6th Armoured Division, with which it served for the rest of the war. In November 1942, the division was deployed to Tunisia for Operation Torch. Now equipped with Valentine Mk III and Crusader Mk III tanks, the regiment saw action in the Tunisia Campaign for some time, taking heavy losses defending Thala in the Battle of Kasserine Pass in February 1943 during which fourteen tanks were put out of action. Despite these losses the pass was held and the Germans retreated. After the losses during this battle, the regiment was withdrawn from the front line. The Valentine tanks they were using were inferior to their German counterparts in both armour and weaponry, consquently, the lancers were refitted with the more powerful M4A2 Sherman tanks that carried a 75mm main gun. In April, the regiment attempted to take the Fondouk Pass during which they lost thirty-two tanks. Although this left the regiment with only a handful of tanks, they were re-enforced by the 16th/5th Lancers, and the pass was taken. The campaign in Tunisia came to an end in May 1943, with the capture of the Cap Bon Peninsula. They then deployed to the Italian Front in March 1944, and fought to breach the Gustav Line, taking part in Operation Diadem, the fourth and final Battle of Monte Cassino. The regiment advanced to the Gothic Line, and spent the winter there?and at some points, serving as infantry, rather than as an armoured unit, due to the static nature of the trench warfare there. After the final breakthrough in April 1945, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, the regiment ended the war accupying the Axis country of Austria.