Cavalry Man of the 17th Lancers on Horseback with Martini-Henry Carbine


The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a British Army cavalry regiment which participated in the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Crimea. It has been subsumed by the Queen's Royal Lancers alongside 5th 16th and 21st Lancers. In this image the Martini-Henry Carbine a single shot breech loading gun is shown.


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