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9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
Active	11 September 1960-
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Line Cavalry
Role	Formation Reconnaissance
Size	One regiment
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	RHQ - Leicester; Regiment -Haig Barracks Hohne, Germany
March	Quick - God Bless the Prince of Wales; Slow - Men of Harlech/Coburg
Anniversaries	Mons/Moy
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	HRH The Duke of York, KG, KCVO, ADC(P)
Colonel of; the Regiment	Major-General J.H.T.Short CB OBE
Notable; commanders	Richard McCreery
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Abbreviation	9/12 L

The 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales') (9/12 L) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army.

It was formed on 11 September 1960 in the garrison church at Tidworth from the amalgamation of the

Shortly after, the regiment moved to Northern Ireland where both parent regiments had begun almost 250 years before.

The regiment has a long and illustrious list of battle honours including World War I and World War II(where a corporal in the regiment took out 9 tanks in one day during the battle of el alemain). In more recent times, B Squadron was the first armoured reconnaissance squadron to deploy to Bosnia when the hostilities began. It seems only fitting then, that they were also the last armoured reconnaissance squadron to leave Bosnia in October 2003.

In 2005 the regiment serves in the formation reconnaissance role with 1st UK Armoured Division. They are, however, currently the reconnaissance regiment for 7th Armoured Brigade (The Desert Rats).

The regiment uses the CVR(T) family of vehicles in its role, with each of its three fighting squadrons holding a number of each variant.

At the present time the regiment is gearing up for a tour of Afghanistan in 2011, with pre deployment training occuring in Canada and Salisbury plane.