Royal Lancers

The Royal Lancers is a planned cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment will be formed through the amalgamation of The Queen's Royal Lancers and 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), starting some time before 2015.

Operational role
The regiment will be a formation reconnaissance regiment, equipped on its establishment with the CVR(T) family. This will replaced by the Scout Specialist Vehicle from 2015. It will consist of 3 Sabre Squadrons of 18 vehicles each (at least) and one Command and Support Squadron.

Army 2020
The Royal Lancers will form part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It will be based in Catterick as part of the 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade, one of the three Armoured Infantry Brigades of the 3rd Division. Their amalgamation was announced in July 2012, and will begin upon completion of scheduled operational commitments, but not before October 2014.

Order of precedence
The new regiment will retain order of precedence from the more senior regiment, the 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's).