The regiment was raised in June 1941 from a cadre of personnel taken from the 12th Royal Lancers. It was assigned to the 11th Armoured Division as the divisional reconnaissance regiment. It was later withdrawn and held under command of GHQ.
Armoured cars of the 27th Lancers, 11th Armoured Division, 19 April 1942. A scout car leads, followed by Daimler and Humber armoured cars, with more scout cars bringing up the rear.
In 1943, it was shipped to Egypt; in 1944 it moved to Italy, where it served as an independent reconnaissance regiment for the Allied Force Headquarters, and finished the war in Austria, where it was disbanded in August 1945. Some personnel were transferred to the 12th Lancers.
27th, lancers, drum, corps, drum, bugle, corps, british, army, cavalry, regiment, from, 1941, 1945, badge, 1941, active1941, 1945country, united, kingdombranchbritish, armytypecavalry, regimentrolereconnaissancesize1, regimenthistory, editthe, regiment, raised. For the drum corps see 27th Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps The 27th Lancers was a British Army cavalry regiment from 1941 to 1945 27th LancersCap Badge of the 27th Lancers ca 1941 1 Active1941 1945Country United KingdomBranchBritish ArmyTypeCavalry RegimentRoleReconnaissanceSize1 RegimentHistory EditThe regiment was raised in June 1941 from a cadre of personnel taken from the 12th Royal Lancers It was assigned to the 11th Armoured Division as the divisional reconnaissance regiment It was later withdrawn and held under command of GHQ Armoured cars of the 27th Lancers 11th Armoured Division 19 April 1942 A scout car leads followed by Daimler and Humber armoured cars with more scout cars bringing up the rear In 1943 it was shipped to Egypt in 1944 it moved to Italy where it served as an independent reconnaissance regiment for the Allied Force Headquarters and finished the war in Austria where it was disbanded in August 1945 Some personnel were transferred to the 12th Lancers In a film made in 1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade there was a fictional regiment called the 27th Lancers References Edit Anon Regimental Badges and Service Caps London George Philip amp Sons 1941 27th 24th Light Dragoons amp 27th Lancers Archived from the original on 3 January 2006 This article about a specific British military unit is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 27th Lancers amp oldid 895494202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
