The 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers mobilised in 1914 as part of 5th Cavalry Brigade. During the retreat from Mons, C Squadron led by Lieutenant-Colonel Wormald led a successful charge at Moy against a dismounted squadron of Prussian Dragoons. It was the last time the 12th Lancers charged with lances.
They served throughout World War One on the Western Front.
Battle Honours:
Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Ypres 1914 '15,
Neuve Chapelle, St. Julien, Bellewaarde,
Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Cambrai 1917 '18,
Somme 1918, St. Quentin, Lys, Hazebrouck, Amiens, Albert 1918, Hindenburg Line, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Sambre,
France and Flanders 1914–18
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| British Lancers WW1 |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers |
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| British Lancers 1914 |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers Horse Lines |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers Horse Lines |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers Horse Lines |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers Horse Lines |
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| Beamish Working Horses 12th Lancer |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers Equipment |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 12th Lancers Horse Lines |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 Horse Ambulance |
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The 29th Field Kitchen provide a living history re-construction of a WW1 field kitchen.
An army marches on it's stomach
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 Field Kitchen |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 Field Kitchen |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 Field Kitchen Rations |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 Field Kitchen Rations |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 Field Kitchen Boiler |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 Field Kitchen Limber |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 Field Kitchen Limber |
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| Beamish Working Horses WW1 Field Kitchen Limber |
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