The 17th Lancers - the Duke of Cambridge's Own, raised in 1759, and the 21st - Empress of India's, raised in 1760, were also amalgamated in 1922.

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The 5th Royal Irish Lancers was formed in 1858 and first fought in a major conflict in the Boer War in 1899, as well as action in the First World War, although traces its origins to an Irish dragoons regiment dating back to 1689.

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Warrant Officer Class 1 (Regimental Sergeant Major) Leon Mattear, of The Queen's Royal Lancers said that Sgt Jones had been fully committed to his life in the Army.

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In 1922 it joined with the 16th The Queen's Royal Lancers, raised in 1759.

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Lt Col Martin Todd, the commanding officer of the Queen's Royal Lancers, said Sgt Jones had been a proud Welshman.

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She is put through a mini-bullfight complete with a matador, picadores (lancers on horseback) and banderilleros (who thrust barbed darts into the animal) to test her speed, strength and instinct to charge.

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