16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers

16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
Active	1922–1993
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Line Cavalry
Size	Regiment
Part of	Royal Armoured Corps
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	The Queen

The 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 16th The Queen's Lancers and the 5th Royal Irish Lancers in 1922. The reason for the uniquely atypical regimental title (with a higher number preceding a lower) was that the 5th had been re-raised in 1858 almost 60 years after being disbanded, and when re-raised took precedence after the 17th Lancers. After service in the Second World War and the Gulf War, the regiment amalgamated with the 17th/21st Lancers to form the Queen's Royal Lancers in 1993.