formed the spearhead of the British Eighth Army in the breakthrough to the River Po in the Spring of 1945. By the end of War, 143 members of the regiment had lost their lives. Post-war The regiment moved to Glencorse Barracks, Edinburgh in December 1947 before deploying to Detmold, Germany in 1949. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother became Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment in June 1953. It then moved to Bhurtpore Barracks at Tidworth Camp in May 1960. The regiment was amalgamated with the 12th Royal Lancers to form the 9th/12th Royal Lancers in September 1960. Regimental museum The Derby Museum and Art Gallery incorporates the Soldier's Story Gallery, based on the collection, inter alia, of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers. Battle honours The regiment's battle honours were as follows: Early wars: Peninsula, Punniar, Sobraon, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, Punjaub, Delhi 1857, Lucknow, Charasiah, Kabul 1879, Kandahar 1880, Afghanistan 1878–80, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899-1902 The Great War: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Messines 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914 '15, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Somme 1916 '18, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Rosières, Avre, Amiens, Albert 1918, Hindenburg Line, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914-18 The Second World War: Somme 1940, Withdrawal to Seine, North-West Europe 1940, Saunnu, Gazala, Bir el Aslagh, Sidi Rezegh 1942, Defence of Alamein Line, Ruweisat, Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Tebaga Gap, El Hamma, El Kourzia, Tunis, Creteville Pass, North Africa 1942–43, Coriano, Capture of Forli, Lamone Crossing, Pideura, Defence of Lamone Bridgehead, Argenta Gap, Italy 1944-45 Victoria Crosses Patrick Donohoe, Private – Indian Mutiny, 28 September 1857 John Freeman, Private – Indian Mutiny, 10 October 1857 William Goat, Lance Corporal – Indian Mutiny, 6 March 1858 Thomas Hancock, Private – Indian Mutiny, 19 June 1857 Henry Hartigan, Pensioned Sergeant – Indian Mutiny, 8 June 1857, 10 October 1857 Alfred Stowell Jones, Lieutenant – Indian Mutiny, 8 June 1857 Robert Kells, Lance Corporal – Indian Mutiny, 28 September 1857 Robert Newell, Private – Indian Mutiny, 19 March 1858 John Purcell, Private – Indian Mutiny, 19 June 1857 James Reynolds Roberts, Private – Indian Mutiny, 28 September 1857 David Rushe, Troop Sergeant Major – Indian Mutiny, 19 March 1858 David Spence, Troop Sergeant Major – Indian Mutiny, 17 January 1858 Francis Octavius Grenfell – Captain, First World War, August 1914