British Army Units 1945 on

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17th/21st Lancers 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.05Austria Tank Regt
1946.10Greece  
1947.10Suez Canal Zone  Armoured Car Regiment
1947.01?Palestine: Tiberius  
1948England: Catterick RAC Training Regt 
1951.12Germany: York Barracks, Münster 20 Armoured Brigade 
1957.08Germany: Barker Barracks, Paderborn4 Guards Brigade Group 
1959.12England: Piddlehinton
 Feb 60: Sailed on HMT 'Oxfordshire'   
1960.03Hong Kong: Sek Kong Camp, New Territories  
1961.10Aden: Falaise Lines (HQ, A Sqn & B Sqn) (A & B Sqns rotating on LSTs in Persian Gulf)Tank Regt Centurion
C Sqn: Hong Kong: Sek Kong Camp, New Territories
 Oct 62: HQ, A Sqn & B Sqn sailed on HMT 'Nevasa' for England  
1962.10England: Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth? Carlisle? For 6 weeks leave  
1962.12Germany: Athlone Barracks, Sennelager20 Armoured Brigade Group
 Jan 63: C Sqn rejoins regiment  
1968.03Northern Ireland: Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh
 1970: B Sqn - Libya  
1971.11Germany:   
1972.11Germany: Northampton Barracks, Wolfenbuttel 4 Armoured Brigade 
1974.10Germany: Wessex Barracks, Fallingbostel 11 Armoured Brigade 
1977.12England: Bovington CampRAC Centre Regiment
1980.11Germany: Swinton Barracks, Münster 
 1 Jan 81: Swinton Barracks, Münster4 Armoured BrigadeChallenger 1985 on 
1987England: Cambrai Barracks, Catterick ??Tank Training Regt 
1990.11England: Bhurtpore Barracks, Tidworth 1 Inf BrigadeTank
25 June 1993: Amalgamated with 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers, to form The Queen's Royal Lancers
 
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